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Bible Weights and Measures

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Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Jan 4, 1877

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 3, No. 2.

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Bible Weights and Measures.

A day's journey was thirty-three and one-fifth miles. A Sabbath day's journey was about one English mile. A cubit is twenty-two inches, nearly. A hand's breadth is equal to three and five-eighths inches. A shekel of silver was about fifty cents. A shekel of gold was $8.09. A talent of gold was $13,809. A piece of silver, or a penny, was thirteen cents. A farthing was three cents. A mite was less than a quarter of a cent. A gerah was one cent. An ephah contains seven gallons and five pints. A bin was one gallon and two pints. A firkin was seven pints. An omer was six pints. A bath was three pints.