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Biblical Unit

Approximate American Equivalent

Approximate Metric

Equivalent

Weights

talent (60 minas)

mina (50 shekels)

shekel (2 bekas)

pim (2/3 shekel)

beka (10 gerahs)

gerah

daric

75 pounds

11/4 pounds

2/5 ounce

1/4 ounce

1/5 ounce

1/50 ounce

1/3 ounce

34 kilograms

560 grams

11.5 grams

7.8 grams

5.7 grams

0.6 gram

8.4 grams

Length

cubit

span

handbreadth

stadion (pl. stadia)

18 inches

9 inches

3 inches

600 feet

45 centimeters

23 centimeters

7.5 centimeters

183 meters

Capacity

Dry Measure

cor [homer] (10 ephahs)

lethek (5 ephahs)

ephah (10 omers)

seah (1/3 ephah)

omer (1/10 ephah)

cab (1/18 ephah)

6 bushels

3 bushels

3/5 bushel

7 quarts

2 quarts

1 quart

220 liters

110 liters

22 liters

7.5 liters

2 liters

1 liter

Liquid Measure

bath (1 ephah)

hin (1/6 bath)

log (1/72 bath)

6 gallons

1 gallon

1/3 quart

22 liters

3.8 liters

0.3 liter

The figures of the table are calculated on the basis of a shekel equaling 11.5 grams, a cubit equaling 18 inches and an ephah equaling 22 liters. The quart referred to is either a dry quart (slightly larger than a liter) or a liquid quart (slightly smaller than a liter), whichever is applicable. The ton referred to in the footnotes is the American ton of 2,000 pounds. These weights are calculated relative to the particular commodity involved. Accordingly, the same measure of capacity in the text may be converted into different weights in the footnotes.

This table is based upon the best available information, but it is not intended to be mathematically precise; like the measurement equivalents in the footnotes, it merely gives approximate amounts and distances. Weights and measures differed somewhat at various times and places in the ancient world. There is uncertainty particularly about the ephah and the bath; further discoveries may shed more light on these units of capacity.

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