Measure

(The following modern equivalents of ancient measurements are based upon the latest research, and are as correct as is possible at this time)
DRY
1. A bushel, about a peckMat 5:15 Mrk 4:21 Luk 11:33
2. A cab, or kab, about two quarts2Ki 6:25
3. A cor, equal to one homer or ten ephahs, equal to about eleven and one-ninth bushels1Ki 4:22 1Ki 5:11 2Ch 2:10 2Ch 27:5 Ezr 7:22
4. An ephah, equal to three seah, and in liquid, to a bath, containing about a bushel and a halfExo 16:36 Lev 5:11 Lev 6:20 Lev 19:36 Num 5:15 Num 28:5 Jdg 6:19 Rut 2:17 1Sa 1:24 1Sa 17:17 Isa 5:10 Ezk 45:10 Ezk 45:11 Ezk 45:13 Ezk 45:24 Ezk 46:5 Ezk 46:7 Ezk 46:11 Ezk 46:14 Amo 8:5 Zec 5:6–10
5. A half-homer, about five and a half bushelsHos 3:2
6. A homer, about eleven bushels, equal to a cor or ten ephahsLev 27:16 Num 11:32 Isa 5:10 Ezk 45:11–14 Hos 3:2
7. An omer, about one bushelExo 16:16 Exo 16:18
8. A seah, about a peck and a halfGen 18:6 1Sa 25:18 1Ki 18:32 2Ki 7:1 2Ki 7:16 2Ki 7:18
9. A tenth deal, about a gallon, equal to one-tenth of an ephahExo 29:40 Lev 14:10 Lev 14:21 Lev 23:13 Lev 23:17 Lev 24:5 Num 15:4 Num 15:6 Num 15:9 Num 28:9 Num 28:12 Num 28:13 Num 28:20 Num 28:21 Num 28:29 Num 29:3 Num 29:4 Num 29:9 Num 29:10 Num 29:14 Num 29:15
LIQUID
1. A bath, about eight gallons and a half1Ki 7:26 1Ki 7:38 2Ch 2:10 2Ch 4:5 Ezr 7:22 Isa 5:10 Ezk 45:10 Ezk 45:11 Ezk 45:14 Luk 16:6
2. A firkin, nearly nine gallonsJhn 2:6
3. A hin, about a gallon and a halfExo 29:40 Exo 30:24 Lev 19:36 Lev 23:13 Num 15:4–10 Num 28:5 Num 28:7 Num 28:14 Ezk 4:11
4. A log, about a pint, one-twelfth of a hinLev 14:10 Lev 14:12 Lev 14:15 Lev 14:21 Lev 14:24
LINEAR
1. A fingerJer 52:21
2. A handbreadthExo 25:25 Exo 37:12 1Ki 7:26 2Ch 4:5 Psa 39:5 Ezk 40:5 Ezk 40:43 Ezk 43:13
3. A spanExo 28:16 1Sa 17:4 Isa 40:12 Isa 48:13 Lam 2:20 Ezk 43:13
4. A cubit, the length of a man's forearm
5. A reed, probably six cubitsEzk 40:5
6. A fathomAct 27:28
7. A pace2Sa 6:13
8. A furlongLuk 24:13
9. A mile, probably nine-tenths of an English mileMat 5:41
10. A Sabbath day's journey, two thousand pacesAct 1:12
MUST BE JUSTLev 19:35 Lev 19:36 Deu 25:13–16 Pro 11:1 Pro 16:11 Pro 20:10 Pro 20:23 Hos 12:7–9 Mic 6:10–12

See also