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11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure so that the bath may contain the tenth part of a homer,[a] and the ephah the tenth part of a homer. Their measure shall be after the homer. 12 The shekel[b] shall be twenty gerahs.[c] Twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, and fifteen shekels shall be your mina.[d]

13 This is the offering that you shall offer: the sixth part of an ephah[e] of a homer of wheat, and you shall give the sixth part of an ephah[f] of a homer of barley.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 45:11 In dry measure, six bushels or 220 liters; in liquid measure, 60 gallons or 220 liters.
  2. Ezekiel 45:12 A shekel weighed about ⅖ ounce, or 12 grams.
  3. Ezekiel 45:12 Weighs 1߼20 of a shekel.
  4. Ezekiel 45:12 Sixty shekels equals about 1½ pounds, or 690 grams. The common mina was 50 shekels.
  5. Ezekiel 45:13 Likely about 6 pounds, or 2.7 kilograms.
  6. Ezekiel 45:13 Likely about 5 pounds, or 2.3 kilograms.