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 5:15Mrk 4:21Luk 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 4:221Ki 5:112Ch 2:102Ch 27:5Ezr 7:22
- 4. An ephah, equal to three seah, and in liquid, to a bath, containing about a bushel and a halfExo 16:36Lev 5:11Lev 6:20Lev 19:36Num 5:15Num 28:5Jdg 6:19Rut 2:171Sa 1:241Sa 17:17Isa 5:10Ezk 45:10Ezk 45:11Ezk 45:13Ezk 45:24Ezk 46:5Ezk 46:7Ezk 46:11Ezk 46:14Amo 8:5Zec 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 27:16Num 11:32Isa 5:10Ezk 45:11–14Hos 3:2
- 7. An omer, about one bushelExo 16:16Exo 16:18
- 8. A seah, about a peck and a halfGen 18:61Sa 25:181Ki 18:322Ki 7:12Ki 7:162Ki 7:18
- 9. A tenth deal, about a gallon, equal to one-tenth of an ephahExo 29:40Lev 14:10Lev 14:21Lev 23:13Lev 23:17Lev 24:5Num 15:4Num 15:6Num 15:9Num 28:9Num 28:12Num 28:13Num 28:20Num 28:21Num 28:29Num 29:3Num 29:4Num 29:9Num 29:10Num 29:14Num 29:15
- LIQUID
- 1. A bath, about eight gallons and a half1Ki 7:261Ki 7:382Ch 2:102Ch 4:5Ezr 7:22Isa 5:10Ezk 45:10Ezk 45:11Ezk 45:14Luk 16:6
- 2. A firkin, nearly nine gallonsJhn 2:6
- 3. A hin, about a gallon and a halfExo 29:40Exo 30:24Lev 19:36Lev 23:13Num 15:4–10Num 28:5Num 28:7Num 28:14Ezk 4:11
- 4. A log, about a pint, one-twelfth of a hinLev 14:10Lev 14:12Lev 14:15Lev 14:21Lev 14:24
- LINEAR
- 1. A fingerJer 52:21
- 2. A handbreadthExo 25:25Exo 37:121Ki 7:262Ch 4:5Psa 39:5Ezk 40:5Ezk 40:43Ezk 43:13
- 3. A spanExo 28:161Sa 17:4Isa 40:12Isa 48:13Lam 2:20Ezk 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 19:35Lev 19:36Deu 25:13–16Pro 11:1Pro 16:11Pro 20:10Pro 20:23Hos 12:7–9Mic 6:10–12