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11 The ephah that you use to measure dry things must be the same measure that you use for wet things. Ten ephahs will be equal to one homer. 12 20 gerahs will be equal to one shekel. 60 shekels will be equal to one mina.[a]

Offerings and holy days

13 This is the offering that you must give. Take from your harvest one homer from every 60 homers of wheat or barley.

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Footnotes

  1. 45:12 A mina was about 600 grams. An ephah was about 22 litres. A homer was about 220 litres. In the days of Ezekiel, a shekel was about 11 grams.

11 The ephah(A) and the bath are to be the same size, the bath containing a tenth of a homer and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer is to be the standard measure for both. 12 The shekel[a] is to consist of twenty gerahs.(B) Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels equal one mina.[b]

13 “‘This is the special gift you are to offer: a sixth of an ephah[c] from each homer of wheat and a sixth of an ephah[d] from each homer of barley.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 45:12 A shekel weighed about 2/5 ounce or about 12 grams.
  2. Ezekiel 45:12 That is, 60 shekels; the common mina was 50 shekels. Sixty shekels were about 1 1/2 pounds or about 690 grams.
  3. Ezekiel 45:13 That is, probably about 6 pounds or about 2.7 kilograms
  4. Ezekiel 45:13 That is, probably about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms