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VI. — WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND MONEY

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1. Hebrews Measures of Weight..

EQUIVALENTS


IN TROY WEIGHT.


lb. oz. dwt. grs.


Gerah


0

0

0

12

Bekah = 10 gerahs


0

0

5

0

Shekel = 2 bekahs


0

0

10

0

Maneh (silver = 60 shekels


2

6

0

0

Talent


125

0

0

0


2. Measures of Length






ENGLISH

EQUIVALENTS


ft.

in.

Digit (Jeremiah).........................................

0

0.912

Palm = 4 digits (Exodus 25:25)............

0

3.648

Span =3 palms (Exodus 28:16).............

0

10.944

Cubit = 2 spans (Genesis 6:15)............

1

9.888

Pace (2 Samuel 6:13)................................

3

0

Fathom (Acts 27:28)................................

6

0.8

Reed (Ezekiel 40:3-5; 42:16) = 6 cubits

Furlong or stadium = 600 Greek feet (58 1/4) feet less than an English furlong)........................................

10


606

11.328


9

Mile (Roman) = 1,000 roman paces = 1,618 English yards.



Day's Journey (Numbers 11:31; Luke 2:44), ordinarily about 25 to 30 miles, but when the Jews traveled in company, about 10 miles.


3. Measures of Capacity for Liquids.

EQUIVALENTS IN

ENGLISH WINE MEASURE.


galls pints


A caph..........................................................

0

0.625

A log (Leviticus 14:10, etc....................

0

0.833

A cab (mentioned only 2 Kings 6:25)

0

3.33

A hin (Exodus 29:40; 30:24; Numbers 15:4, 7, 9)

1

2

A seah ("measure," 2 Kings 6:1, 16), called also (Heb.) shalish i. e.



"a third," as being the third part of



an ephah (Isaiah 40:12; Psalm 80:5)...

2

4

A bath, the largest liquid measure (1 King 7:26, 38; 2 Chronicles 2:10;



Ezra 7:22; Isaiah 5:10). Same as an ephah (Exodus 16:36; Leviticus 5:11;



6:10; Numbers 5:14, etc)........................

7

4.5

A kor, "Which is an homer: (Isaiah 5:10; Ezekiel 45:14) =



10 ephahs....................................................

75

5

Firkin (John 2:6).......................................

9

0

4. Dry Measures


EQUIVALENT IN

ENGLISH CORN MEASURE.


pecks galls. pints.


Cab (2 Kings 6:25 = Choenix, "measure"; Revelation 6:6

0

0

2.833

Omer (Exodus 16:36) = tenth deal = 1/10 of an




ephah (Exodus 29:40; Leviticus 23:13)

0

0

5.1

Seah (plural, "measures," Genesis 18:6; 1 Samuel




25:18; Matthew 13:33)

1

0

1

Ephah = 3 seahs (Ezekiel 45:11)

3

0

3

Letek = 5 ephas (half-homer," Hosea 3:2)

16

0

0

Homer, called also kor = 2 leteks (Numbers 11:32; Hosea 3:2)

32

0

0


5, Jewish Money.


ENGLISH EQUIVALENTS



£

s.

d.

Gerah = 1/20 part of a Shekel (Exodus 30:13)

0

0

1.3687

Beech = 1/2 shekel (Exodus 38:26)

0

1

1.6875

Shekel (silver at 5s. per oz, Exodus 30:13; Isaiah 7:23;




Matthew 17:27)

0

2

3.375

Shekel of gold

1

16

6

Mane ("pound," 1 Kings 10:17) = 50 shekels

5

14

0.75

Talent of silver = 60 mannish

342

3

9

Talent of gold

5475

0

0


6. Roman Money.


ENGLISH EQUIVALENTS.


£.

s. d.

Mite (lepton) —Mark




12:42 — the smallest




copper coin = about .46875




of an English farthing.




Farthing (quadroons; Gr.




quadrants) —Matthew 5:26;




Mark 12:42 = 2 mites = the fourth of an as.

0

0

0 3/4

Penny (deaneries = drachma) — Matthew 22:19

0

0

7 1/2

Pound (myna) Luke 19:13, 16, 18, etc., = 100 drachmae

3

2

6