VI. — WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND MONEY
—————- 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
- 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 10 11.328
Furlong or stadium = 600 Greek feet (58 1/4) feet less than an
English furlong)........................................ 606 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.
- 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