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11 The homer[a] will be your standard unit for measuring volume. The ephah and the bath[b] will each measure one-tenth of a homer. 12 The standard unit for weight will be the silver shekel.[c] One shekel will consist of twenty gerahs, and sixty shekels will be equal to one mina.[d]

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13 “You must give this tax to the prince: one bushel of wheat or barley for every 60[e] you harvest,

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Footnotes

  1. 45:11a The homer measures about 50 gallons or 220 liters.
  2. 45:11b The ephah is a dry measure; the bath is a liquid measure.
  3. 45:12a The shekel weighs about 0.4 ounces or 11 grams.
  4. 45:12b Elsewhere the mina is equated to 50 shekels.
  5. 45:13 Hebrew 1⁄6 of an ephah from each homer of wheat and 1⁄6 of an ephah from each homer of barley.

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