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Ezekiel 45:10-11

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45:10 You must use just balances, 1  a just dry measure (an ephah), 2  and a just liquid measure (a bath). 3  45:11 The dry and liquid measures will be the same, the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, 4  and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure.

1 sn Previous legislation regarding this practice may be found in Lev 19:35-36; Deut 25:13-16; Mic 6:10-12.

2 tn Heb “ephah,” which was 1/2 bushel.

3 tn Heb “bath,” a liquid measure, was 5 1/2 gallons.

4 sn The homer was about 5 bushels as a dry measure and 55 gallons as a liquid measure.



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