OLD TESTAMENT

Leviticus 19:36

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36

You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

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Verse 36. Weights. Hebrew “stones of justice,” for stone weights were formerly used. Proverbs 16:11.—Bushel, and so forth Hebrew “a just epha, and a just hin.” Calmet.

EXPLANATION

1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel

EXPLANATION

A hin is about 6.5 liters or 1.7 gallons.

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