Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Measure » An ephah, equal to three seah, and in liquid, to a bath, containing about a bushel and a half
He must then take his wife to the priest along with eight cups of barley flour as an offering for her. He must not pour olive oil on the flour or put frankincense on it, since it is a grain offering brought because of the husband's jealousy. It is an offering used for a confession, to remind someone of a sin that was committed.
A ten-acre vineyard will produce only six gallons of wine, and two quarts of seed will produce only four quarts of grain.
This is the offering Aaron and his sons are to present to Jehovah on the day when he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening.
Jesse told his son David: Take this half-bushel of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread to your brothers. Take them to your brothers in the camp right away.
You say: When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit.
Use honest scales, honest weights, and honest measures. I am Jehovah your God who brought you out of Egypt.
You must have honest scales and honest dry and liquid measures. The dry and liquid measures must always be the same: The ephah and the bath should hold the same as one-tenth of a homer. The homer must be the standard measure.
After she weaned him she took him to Shiloh. She also took a three-year-old bull, a bushel of flour, and a leather bag full of wine. She took Samuel, young as he was, to the Temple of Jehovah at Shiloh.
So Gideon went into his house and cooked a young goat and used a bushel of flour to make bread without any yeast. He put the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot, brought them to Jehovah's angel under the oak tree, and gave them to him.
She gathered the heads of grain till evening. After crushing out the seed, it came to about an ephah of grain.
If you cannot afford two turtledoves or two pigeons, bring eight cups of flour as an offering for the sin you committed. Never put olive oil on it or add incense to it. This is because it is an offering for sin.
each with a grain offering of two pounds of flour, mixed with two pints of the best olive oil.
This is the contribution you must give to Jehovah: seventeen percent of your wheat and seventeen percent of your barley.
He must also give as a grain offering a half-bushel for each young bull and a half-bushel for each ram. He must also give one gallon of olive oil for every half-bushel of grain.
The grain offering that is to be brought with the ram must be a half-bushel, and the grain offering that is to be brought with the lambs must be whatever the prince can bring. One gallon of olive oil must be brought with each half-bushel of grain.
With each young bull and each ram the offering must include a half-bushel of grain, and with each lamb the offering must be whatever the prince wants to bring. One gallon of olive oil must be offered with each half-bushel of grain.
On festival days and at appointed festivals, a grain offering of a half-bushel must be brought with each young bull, and a half-bushel must be brought with each ram. But with the lambs, the prince may bring whatever he wants to bring. One gallon of olive oil must be brought with each half-bushel of grain.
Also, prepare a grain offering with it every morning: three-and-a-third quarts of grain and one-and-a-third quarts of olive oil to moisten the flour. It will be a grain offering dedicated to Jehovah. These rules are to be followed always.
I asked: What is it? And he replied: This is the ephah measure that goes forth. This is their appearance in all the land A round flat weight made of lead was lifted up. There was a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah measure. He said: This is Wickedness. He tossed her down into the middle of the ephah measure. He threw the weight of lead on the opening. read more.
Two women came out with the wind in their wings. They had wings like the wings of a stork. They lifted up the ephah measure between earth and heaven. I asked the angel: Where are they taking the ephah measure?
Two women came out with the wind in their wings. They had wings like the wings of a stork. They lifted up the ephah measure between earth and heaven. I asked the angel: Where are they taking the ephah measure?
Symbols and similitudes » Ephah
I asked: What is it? And he replied: This is the ephah measure that goes forth. This is their appearance in all the land A round flat weight made of lead was lifted up. There was a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah measure. He said: This is Wickedness. He tossed her down into the middle of the ephah measure. He threw the weight of lead on the opening. read more.
Two women came out with the wind in their wings. They had wings like the wings of a stork. They lifted up the ephah measure between earth and heaven. I asked the angel: Where are they taking the ephah measure? He answered: To build her a house (temple) in the land of Shinar. When it is prepared, she will be moved there to her own place.
Two women came out with the wind in their wings. They had wings like the wings of a stork. They lifted up the ephah measure between earth and heaven. I asked the angel: Where are they taking the ephah measure? He answered: To build her a house (temple) in the land of Shinar. When it is prepared, she will be moved there to her own place.