OLD TESTAMENT

Numbers 15:6

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“‘For a ram, you shall prepare for a meal offering two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with the third part of a hin of oil;

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EXPLANATION

Verse 6. Oil. Greater libations are required for a ram, as it is larger than the former victim, which was accompanied with only half the quantity of fine flour. Bible.—Part of the wine and oil was poured on the flour, and burnt on the altar; the rest was given to the priests.

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

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