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-(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 peck Matthew 5:15; Mark 4:21; Luke 11:33 -2. A cab, or kab, about two quarts II Kings 6:25 -3. A cor, equal to one homer or ten ephahs, equal to about eleven and one-ninth bushels I Kings 4:22; 5:11; II Chronicles 2:10; 27:5; Ezra 7:22 -4. An ephah, equal to three seah, and in liquid, to a bath, containing about a bushel and a half Exodus 16:36; Leviticus 5:11; 6:20; 19:36; Numbers 5:15; 28:5; Judges 6:19; Ruth 2:17; I Samuel 1:24; 17:17; Ezekiel 45:10, 11, Isaiah 5:10; 13, 24; 46:5, 7, 11, 14; Amos 8:5; Zechariah 5:6-10 -5. A half-homer, about five and a half bushels Hosea 3:2 -6. A homer, about eleven bushels, equal to a cor or ten ephahs Leviticus 27:16; Numbers 11:32; Isaiah 5:10; Ezekiel 45:11-14; Hosea 3:2 -7. An omer, about one bushel Exodus 16:16, 18 -8. A seah, about a peck and a half Genesis 18:6; I Samuel 25:18; II Kings 7:1, I Kings 18:32; 16, 18 -9. A tenth deal, about a gallon, equal to one-tenth of an ephah Exodus 29:40; Leviticus 14:10, 21; 23:13, 17; Numbers 15:4, 24:5; 6, 9; 28:9, 12, 13, 20, 29:3, 4, 9, 10, 21, 29; 14, 15 -LIQUID -1. A bath, about eight gallons and a half I Kings 7:26, 38; II Chronicles 2:10; 4:5; Ezra 7:22; Isaiah 5:10; Ezekiel 45:10, 11, 14; Luke 16:6 -2. A firkin, nearly nine gallons John 2:6 -3. A hin, about a gallon and a half Exodus 29:40; 30:24; Leviticus 19:36; 23:13; 28:5, Numbers 15:4-10; 7, 14; Ezekiel 4:11 -4. A log, about a pint, one-twelfth of a hin Leviticus 14:10, 12, 15, 21, 24 .See WEIGHTS -LINEAR -1. A finger Jeremiah 52:21 -2. A handbreadth Exodus 25:25; 37:12; I Kings 7:26; II Chronicles 4:5; Psalms 39:5; Ezekiel 40:5, 43; 43:13 -3. A span Exodus 28:16; I Samuel 17:4; Isaiah 40:12; 48:13; Lamentations 2:20; Ezekiel 43:13 -4. A cubit, the length of a man's forearm .See CUBIT -5. A reed, probably six cubits Ezekiel 40:5 -6. A fathom Acts 27:28 -7. A pace II Samuel 6:13 -8. A furlong Luke 24:13 -9. A mile, probably nine-tenths of an English mile Matthew 5:41 -10. A Sabbath day's journey, two thousand paces Acts 1:12 -MUST BE JUST Leviticus 19:35, 36; Deuteronomy 25:13-16; Proverbs 11:1; 16:11; 20:10, 23; Hosea 12:7-9; Micah 6:10-12 .See DISHONESTY .See INTEGRITY
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