Measure Dry:
- 1. Bushel, about a peck
Matthew 5:15; Mark 4:21; Luke 11:33
- 2. Cab, or kab, about two quarts
2 Kings 6:25
- 3. Cor, equal to one homer or ten ephahs, equal to about eleven and one-ninth bushels
1 Kings 4:22; 1 Kings 5:11; 2 Chronicles 2:10; 2 Chronicles 27:5; Ezra 7:22
- 4. Ephah, equal to three seah, and in liquid, to a bath, containing about a bushel and a half
Exodus 16:36; Leviticus 5:11; Leviticus 6:20; Leviticus 19:36; Numbers 5:15; Numbers 28:5; Judges 6:19; Ruth 2:17; 1 Samuel 1:24; 1 Samuel 17:17; Isaiah 5:10; Ezekiel 45:11; Ezekiel 45:13; Ezekiel 45:24; Ezekiel 46:5; Ezekiel 46:7; Ezekiel 46:11; Ezekiel 46:14; Amos 8:5; Zechariah 5:10
- 5. Half-homer, about five and a half bushels
Hosea 3:2
- 6. Homer, about eleven bushels, equal to a cor or ten ephahs
Leviticus 27:16; Numbers 11:32; Isaiah 5:10; Ezekiel 45:14; Hosea 3:2
- 7. Omer, about one bushel
Exodus 16:16; Exodus 16:18; Exodus 16:22; Exodus 16:33; Exodus 16:36
- 8. Seah, about a peck and a half
Genesis 18:6; 1 Samuel 25:18; 1 Kings 18:32; 2 Kings 7:1; 2 Kings 7:16; 2 Kings 7:18
- 9. Tenth deal, about a gallon, equal to one-tenth of an ephah
Exodus 29:40; Leviticus 14:10; Leviticus 14:21; Leviticus 23:13; Leviticus 23:17; Leviticus 24:5; Numbers 15:4; Numbers 15:6; Numbers 15:9; Numbers 28:9; Numbers 28:13; Numbers 28:21; Numbers 28:29; Numbers 29:4; Numbers 29:10; Numbers 29:15
Liquid:
- 1. Bath, about eight gallons and a half
1 Kings 7:26; 1 Kings 7:38; 2 Chronicles 2:10; 2 Chronicles 4:5; Ezra 7:22; Isaiah 5:10; Ezekiel 45:11; Ezekiel 45:14; Luke 16:6
- 2. Firkin, nearly nine gallons
John 2:6
- 3. Hin, about a gallon and a half
Exodus 29:40; Exodus 30:24; Leviticus 19:36; Leviticus 23:13; Numbers 15:10; Numbers 28:5; Numbers 28:7; Numbers 28:14; Ezekiel 4:11; Ezekiel 45:24; Ezekiel 46:5; Ezekiel 46:7; Ezekiel 46:11; Ezekiel 46:14
- 4. Log, about a pint, one-twelfth of a hin
Leviticus 14:10; Leviticus 14:12; Leviticus 14:15; Leviticus 14:21; Leviticus 14:24
- 5. See Weights
Linear:
- 1. Finger
Jeremiah 52:21
- 2. Handbreadth
Exodus 25:25; Exodus 37:12; 1 Kings 7:26; 2 Chronicles 4:5; Psalms 39:5; Ezekiel 40:5; Ezekiel 40:43; Ezekiel 43:13
- 3. Span
Exodus 28:16; 1 Samuel 17:4; Isaiah 40:12; Isaiah 48:13; Lamentations 2:20; Ezekiel 43:13
- 4. Cubit, the length of the forearm
Cubit
- 5. Reed, probably six cubits
Ezekiel 40:5
- 6. Fathom
Acts 27:28
- 7. Pace
2 Samuel 6:13
- 8. Furlong
Luke 24:13
- 9. Mile, probably nine-tenths of an English mile
Matthew 5:41
- 10. Sabbath day's journey, two thousand paces
Acts 1:12
Must be just
- General references
Leviticus 19:36; Deuteronomy 25:16; Proverbs 11:1; Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10; Proverbs 20:23; Hosea 12:9; Micah 6:12
Dishonesty; Integrity