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11 The ephah will be the standard dry measure, and the bath will be the standard liquid measure. Their size will be based on the homer, which will equal ten ephahs or ten baths.[a]

12 The standard unit of weight will be the shekel.[b] One shekel will equal 20 gerahs, and 60 shekels will equal one mina.

13 Leaders of Israel, the people must bring you one sixtieth of their grain harvests as offerings to me.

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Footnotes

  1. 45.11 the homer … ten ephahs … ten baths: A homer was either a dry or a liquid measure and equaled about 220 liters; an ephah would be about 22 liters, and a bath would be about 22 liters.
  2. 45.12 the shekel: The shekel was about eleven grams.

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