Ezekiel 45:11-13
International Children’s Bible
11 The dry measure and the liquid measure will be the same: The liquid measure will always be a tenth of a homer.[a] The ephah will always be a tenth of a homer. The measurement they follow will be the homer. 12 The shekel[b] will be worth 20 gerahs. A mina will be worth 60 shekels.
Offerings and Holy Days
13 “‘This is the gift you will offer: a sixth of an ephah from a homer of wheat; a sixth of an ephah from a homer of barley.
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Ezekiel 45:11-13
New International Version
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.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 45:12 A shekel weighed about 2/5 ounce or about 12 grams.
- 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.
- Ezekiel 45:13 That is, probably about 6 pounds or about 2.7 kilograms
- Ezekiel 45:13 That is, probably about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms
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