OLD TESTAMENT

Zechariah 5:6

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I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is the ephah basket that is appearing.” He said moreover, “This is their appearance in all the land—

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Verse 6. Vessel. Hebrew epha. Calmet.—Eye. This is what they fix their eye upon, or this is a resemblance and figure of them, that is of sinners. Challoner.—Prot. “resemblance.” Bible.—This is their picture. Calmet.—Septuagint “wickedness;” aunom. Bible.—U is often mistaken for i. Saint Jerome Yet here the Septuagint seems equally intelligible, verse 8. Bible.

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An ephah is a measure of volume of about 22 liters, 5.8 U. S. gallons, or about 2/3 of a bushel.

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