Thematic Bible: Measure


Thematic Bible



then the man shall bring his wife to the priest, and he shall bring as an offering for her, a tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he shall not pour oil on it nor put frankincense on it [the symbols of favor and joy], because it is a grain offering of jealousy, a memorial grain offering, a reminder of [the consequences of] wickedness. Verse ConceptsGrain OfferingOilAnimal Sacrifices, Meal OfferingOil On SacrificesEphah [Ten Omers]Regulations For Cereal OfferingsThose Jealous For People


“For ten acres of vineyard will yield [only] one bath of wine,
And a homer (six bushels) of seed will produce [only] one ephah of grain.”
Verse ConceptsSowing And ReapingUnfruitfulnessWeights And Measures, DistancesWeights And Measures, DryWeights And Measures, LiquidComparative Measures

“This is the offering which Aaron and his sons are to present to the Lord on the day when he is anointed: the 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. Verse ConceptsAnointed Old Testament LeadersFractions, One HalfAnimal Sacrifices, BurntAnointing PriestsAt Morning And EveningHalf Of ThingsA Tenth Of ThingsEphah [Ten Omers]

Then Jesse said to David his son, “Take for your brothers an ephah of this roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread and run quickly to the camp to your brothers. Verse ConceptsCooking, Types Of FoodGrainWeights And Measures, DryTen ThingsEphah [Ten Omers]

saying,

“When will the New Moon [festival] be over
So that we may sell grain,
And the Sabbath ended so that we may open the wheat market,
Making the ephah [measure] smaller and the shekel bigger [that is, selling less for a higher price]
And to cheat by falsifying the scales,
Verse ConceptsFraudCovenant breakersCheatingDishonesty, Kinds OfBuying and sellingMarketsMonthNew Moon FestivalSabbath, In OtBalances, For BusinessStealingWeighingBig ThingsSmall ThingsBeginning Of PeriodsSabbath ViolatedThose Who Deceivedbalancemarketing

You shall have just and accurate 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. Verse ConceptsBalances, For BusinessTrustworthinessBusiness EthicsJust WeightsWeighingThe Lord Is GodGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptRight Measuresbalanceweight

You shall have just weights on your scales and just measures -- "both a just ephah measure and a just bath measure. The ephah and the bath measures shall both be the same size, the bath containing one tenth of a homer and the ephah one tenth of a homer; the standard measure shall be the homer.

Now when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a leather bottle of wine [to pour over the burnt offering for a sweet fragrance], and she brought Samuel to the Lord’s house in Shiloh, although the child was young. Verse ConceptsInfantsBottle, UsesWineWineskinChildren, Should Be TreatedLimitations Of YouthQuantities Of WineAnimals At Specific AgesEphah [Ten Omers]The House Of God At Shiloh

Then Gideon went and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread from an ephah of flour. The meat he put in a basket and the broth in a pot, and he brought the food to Him under the oak (terebinth) and presented it. Verse ConceptsGoatsFlourFoodBrothWeights And Measures, DryEphah [Ten Omers]Those Who Provided A Mealgideon

So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley. Verse ConceptsBarleyEveningWeights And Measures, DryIndustry, Examples OfAction Until EveningEphah [Ten Omers]

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‘But if he cannot afford to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then he shall bring as his offering for his sin the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour as a sin offering; he shall not put [olive] oil or incense on it, for it is a sin offering. Verse ConceptsFooddovesFrankincenseIncenseOilPigeonsWeights And Measures, DryOil On SacrificesFragranceA Tenth Of ThingsBeing PoorEphah [Ten Omers]Regulations For The Sin Offering

(Now an omer is the tenth of an ephah.) Verse ConceptsA Tenth Of ThingsComparative Measuresmeasurement

also a tenth of an ephah of finely-milled flour as a grain offering, mixed with a fourth of a hin of pressed oil. Verse ConceptsOilOlivesAnimal Sacrifices, Meal OfferingOil On SacrificesEphah [Ten Omers]Making Cereal Offerings And Libations

“This is the offering that you shall offer: a sixth of an ephah from a homer of wheat; a sixth of an ephah from a homer of barley; Verse ConceptsGrainWheat

He shall provide as a grain offering [to be offered] with each bull an ephah [of grain], an ephah with each ram, and a hin of oil with each ephah [of grain]. Verse ConceptsOil On SacrificesEphah [Ten Omers]Regulations For Cereal Offerings

The grain offering shall be an ephah with the ram, and the grain offering with the lambs as much as he is able to give, and a hin of oil with an ephah. Verse ConceptsOil On SacrificesEphah [Ten Omers]Poor Or RichRegulations For Cereal Offerings

And he shall provide a grain offering, an ephah with the bull and an ephah with the ram, and with the lambs as much as he is able, and a hin of oil with an ephah. Verse ConceptsOil On SacrificesEphah [Ten Omers]Poor Or RichRegulations For Cereal Offerings

“At the feasts and the appointed festivals the grain offering shall be an ephah with a bull and an ephah with a ram, and with the lambs as much as one is able to give, and a hin of oil with an ephah. Verse ConceptsEphah [Ten Omers]Poor Or RichRegulations For Cereal OfferingsFestivals Observed

Also you shall provide a grain offering with it morning by morning, one-sixth of an ephah with one-third of a hin of oil to sprinkle on the finely-milled flour. This is a perpetual ordinance for a continual grain offering to the Lord. Verse ConceptsFoodMorning WorshipOrdinancesBreakfastMoist ThingsOil On SacrificesEphah [Ten Omers]Regulations For Cereal OfferingsMeat offerings

And I said, What is it? [What does it symbolize?] And he said, This that goes forth is an ephah[-sized vessel for separate grains all collected together]. This, he continued, is the symbol of the sinners mentioned above and is the resemblance of their iniquity throughout the whole land. And behold, a round, flat weight of lead was lifted and there sat a woman in the midst of the ephah[-sized vessel]. And he said, This is lawlessness (wickedness)! And he thrust her back into the ephah[-sized vessel] and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth of it! read more.
Then lifted I up my eyes and looked, and behold, there were two women coming forward! The wind was in their wings, for they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah[-sized vessel] between the earth and the heavens. Then said I to the angel who talked with me, Where are they taking the ephah[-sized vessel]?

“But if the cleansed leper is poor and his means are insufficient, then he is to take one lamb as a guilt offering to be waved to make atonement for him, and one tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and a log of oil, Verse ConceptsMale AnimalsBeing PoorEphah [Ten Omers]Making Cereal Offerings And LibationsOther Volume Measures

“Then you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes (bread of the Presence, showbread) with it; two-tenths of an ephah shall be in each cake (loaf). Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveWeights And Measures, DryShowbreadBaking BreadTwelve ThingsA Tenth Of ThingsEphah [Ten Omers]

You shall bring in from your places two loaves of bread as a wave offering, made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven as first fruits to the Lord. Verse ConceptsLeavenFeast Of WeeksYeastSwingingLeavenedTwo Other Things

and with the one lamb there shall be one-tenth of a measure of fine flour mixed with one-fourth of a hin of beaten [olive] oil, and one-fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering [to be poured out]. Verse ConceptsOilOlivesWinedrink offeringAnimal Sacrifices, Meal OfferingQuantities Of WineA Fourth PartA Tenth Of ThingsEphah [Ten Omers]

Its grain offering shall be two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with [olive] oil, an offering by fire to the Lord for a sweet and soothing aroma, with its drink offering [to be poured out], a fourth of a hin of wine. Verse Conceptsdrink offeringAromasSmellsQuantities Of WineA Fourth PartA Tenth Of ThingsEphah [Ten Omers]Making Cereal Offerings And LibationsRefreshing GodRegulations For Cereal OfferingsMeat offerings

“Now on the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish, and a yearling ewe lamb without blemish, and three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with [olive] oil as a grain offering, and one log (about a pint) of oil; Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LiquidDay 8Oil On SacrificesMale AnimalsFemale AnimalsPerfect SacrificesAnimals At Specific AgesEphah [Ten Omers]Making Cereal Offerings And LibationsOther Volume Measures

The one who presents his offering shall present to the Lord a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a fourth of a hin of oil, Verse ConceptsOil On Sacrifices

Or for a ram you shall prepare as a grain offering two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a third of a hin of oil. Verse ConceptsGrain OfferingOil On SacrificesEphah [Ten Omers]

then you shall offer with the bull a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with half a hin of oil; Verse ConceptsOil On SacrificesEphah [Ten Omers]

‘Then on the Sabbath day two male lambs one year old without blemish, and two-tenths [of an ephah] of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and its drink offering. Verse ConceptsFoodOilAnimal Sacrifices, Meal OfferingMale AnimalsPerfect SacrificesTwo AnimalsAnimals At Specific AgesEphah [Ten Omers]Making Cereal Offerings And LibationsSabbaths InstitutedMeat offerings

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And three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a cereal offering, mixed with oil, for each bull; and two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a cereal offering, mixed with oil, for the one ram. And a tenth part of fine flour mixed with oil as a cereal offering, for each lamb, for a burnt offering of a sweet and pleasant fragrance, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

And their cereal offering shall be of fine flour mixed with oil; three-tenths of an ephah shall you offer for a bull, and two-tenths for a ram; A tenth shall you offer for each of the seven male lambs,

a tenth for each of the seven male lambs, Verse ConceptsEphah [Ten Omers]

Their cereal offering shall be of fine flour mixed with oil, three-tenths of an ephah for a bull, two-tenths for a ram, And one-tenth of an ephah for each of the seven lambs,

And their cereal offering shall be of fine flour mixed with oil, three-tenths of an ephah for the bull, two-tenths for the one ram, A tenth for each of the seven male lambs,

And their cereal offering shall be of fine flour mixed with oil, three-tenths of an ephah for each of the thirteen bulls, two-tenths for each of the two rams, And a tenth part for each of the fourteen male lambs,

You shall not have in your bag true and false weights, a large and a small. You shall not have in your house true and false measures, a large and a small. But you shall have a perfect and just weight and a perfect and just measure, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the Lord your God gives you. read more.
For all who do such things, all who do unrighteously, are an abomination to the Lord your God.





You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity. You shall have accurate and just balances, just weights, just ephah and hin measures. I am the Lord your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Are there not still treasures gained by wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure [a false measure for grain] that is abominable and accursed? Can I be pure [Myself, and acquit the man] with wicked scales and with a bag of deceitful weights? For [the city's] rich men are full of violence; her inhabitants have spoken lies and their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.

Canaan [Israel -- "whose ideals have sunk to those of Canaan] is a trader; the balances of deceit are in his hand; he loves to oppress and defraud. Ephraim has said, Ah, but I have become rich; I have gained for myself wealth. All my profits shall bring on me no iniquity that would be sin. [But all his profits will never offset nor suffice to expiate the guilt which he has incurred.] But I [Who] am the Lord your God from [when you became a nation in] the land of Egypt will yet make you to dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed and solemn Feast [of Tabernacles].

And I will give to your servants who cut timber, 20,000 measures of crushed wheat and 20,000 measures of barley, and 20,000 baths of wine and 20,000 baths of [olive] oil.” Verse ConceptsGrainGrindingWeights And Measures, DryWeights And Measures, Liquidartists


“For ten acres of vineyard will yield [only] one bath of wine,
And a homer (six bushels) of seed will produce [only] one ephah of grain.”
Verse ConceptsSowing And ReapingUnfruitfulnessWeights And Measures, DistancesWeights And Measures, DryWeights And Measures, LiquidComparative Measures

It was a hand width thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held two thousand baths. Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LinearBreadthEdge Of Other Things

Then he made ten basins of bronze; each basin held forty baths and was four cubits, and there was one basin on each of the ten stands. Verse ConceptsWashingWeights And Measures, LiquidTen ThingsDimensions Of Temple FurnitureMeans Of PurifyingBronze Items For The Tabernacle

even up to 100 talents of silver, 100 kors (measures) of wheat, 100 baths of wine, 100 baths of [olive] oil, and salt as needed. Verse ConceptsTalentsWeights And Measures, DrySpecific Sums Of MoneySourness

You shall have just weights on your scales and just measures -- "both a just ephah measure and a just bath measure. The ephah and the bath measures shall both be the same size, the bath containing one tenth of a homer and the ephah one tenth of a homer; the standard measure shall be the homer.

and the prescribed portion of oil, (namely, the bath of oil), a tenth part of a bath [of oil] from each kor (which is ten baths or a homer, for ten baths make a homer); Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DryWeights And Measures, LiquidComparative Measures

It was a handbreadth (the width of the four fingers) thick; its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold 3,000 baths (measures). Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, Linear

He said, ‘A hundred measures of [olive] oil.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’ Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LiquidPeople Sitting DownOther Volume Measures

You shall have just and accurate 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. Verse ConceptsBalances, For BusinessTrustworthinessBusiness EthicsJust WeightsWeighingThe Lord Is GodGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptRight Measuresbalanceweight

and with the one lamb there shall be one-tenth of a measure of fine flour mixed with one-fourth of a hin of beaten [olive] oil, and one-fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering [to be poured out]. Verse ConceptsOilOlivesWinedrink offeringAnimal Sacrifices, Meal OfferingQuantities Of WineA Fourth PartA Tenth Of ThingsEphah [Ten Omers]

Its grain offering shall be two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with [olive] oil, an offering by fire to the Lord for a sweet and soothing aroma, with its drink offering [to be poured out], a fourth of a hin of wine. Verse Conceptsdrink offeringAromasSmellsQuantities Of WineA Fourth PartA Tenth Of ThingsEphah [Ten Omers]Making Cereal Offerings And LibationsRefreshing GodRegulations For Cereal OfferingsMeat offerings

Its drink offering shall be a fourth of a hin for each lamb, in the holy place you shall pour out a strong drink offering to the Lord. Verse ConceptsAlcoholOfferingsStrong DrinkA Fourth PartMaking Cereal Offerings And LibationsAlcoholic BeveragesAlcoholicsbeer

also a tenth of an ephah of finely-milled flour as a grain offering, mixed with a fourth of a hin of pressed oil. Verse ConceptsOilOlivesAnimal Sacrifices, Meal OfferingOil On SacrificesEphah [Ten Omers]Making Cereal Offerings And Libations

and five hundred shekels of cinnamon blossom according to the sanctuary shekel, and a hin of olive oil. Verse ConceptsWeights Of Other Things

Then shall he who brings his offering to the Lord bring a cereal offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a fourth of a hin of oil. And a fourth of a hin of wine for the drink offering you shall prepare with the burnt offering or for the sacrifice, for each lamb. Or for a ram you shall prepare for a cereal offering two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a third of a hin of oil. read more.
And for the drink offering you shall offer a third of a hin of wine, for a sweet and pleasing odor to the Lord. And when you prepare a bull for a burnt offering or for a sacrifice, in fulfilling a special vow or peace offering to the Lord, Then shall one offer with the bull a cereal offering of three tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with half a hin of oil. And you shall bring for the drink offering half a hin of wine for an offering made by fire, of a pleasant and soothing fragrance to the Lord.

Their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bull, and a third of a hin for a ram, and a fourth of a hin for a lamb. This is the burnt offering of each month throughout the months of the year. Verse Conceptsdrink offeringMoonWineMaking Cereal Offerings And Libations

You shall drink water by measure also, the sixth part of a hin; you shall drink daily at a set time. Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LiquidDrinking WaterNo Water For Peoplemeasurement

“And these are the measurements of the altar [of burnt offering] in cubits (the cubit being a [long] cubit [the length of a forearm] and a hand width): the base shall be a cubit [long] and a cubit wide, with its border on its edge all around it of a span [in width]. And this shall be the height of the base of the altar. Verse ConceptsdepthHeightWeights And Measures, LinearDimensions Of Temple FurnitureSetting Up The Bronze AltarBase Of Thingsmeasurement

It was a hand width thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held two thousand baths. Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LinearBreadthEdge Of Other Things

And behold, there was a wall all around the outside [area] of the temple (house) [of the Lord], and in the man’s hand a measuring rod six cubits long (10.2 ft.), each cubit being longer than the standard one by a hand width. So he measured the thickness of the wall, one rod; and the height, one rod. Verse ConceptsLengthWeights And Measures, LinearDimensions Of WallsDimensions Of Other Things

It was a handbreadth (the width of the four fingers) thick; its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold 3,000 baths (measures). Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, Linear

You shall make a rim of a hand width around it; you shall make a gold border for the rim around it. Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LinearBreadthGold Items For The TabernaclEdge Of Other Things


“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]! Selah.
Verse ConceptsPhysical LifeWeights And Measures, LinearVanityMan A Mere BreathPsalm InterjectionsPerspective

The double hooks, one hand width in length were installed in the house all around. The meat of the offering was [to be placed] on the tables. Verse ConceptsCorpses Of AnimalsDimensions Of Other Things

He made a rim for it [just under the top] a hand width wide all around, and a border of gold around its rim. Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LinearGold Items For The TabernaclEdge Of Other Things

“And these are the measurements of the altar [of burnt offering] in cubits (the cubit being a [long] cubit [the length of a forearm] and a hand width): the base shall be a cubit [long] and a cubit wide, with its border on its edge all around it of a span [in width]. And this shall be the height of the base of the altar. Verse ConceptsdepthHeightWeights And Measures, LinearDimensions Of Temple FurnitureSetting Up The Bronze AltarBase Of Thingsmeasurement


Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand,
And marked off the heavens with a span [of the hand],
And calculated the dust of the earth with a measure,
And weighed the mountains in a balance
And the hills in a pair of scales?
Verse ConceptsBalance In LifeBreadthDivine BalancesHand Of GodHillsNatureBalances, Metaphorical UseStrength, DivineWeighingNumerous As DustHollowScienceThe OceanbalancedustweightmeasurementThe Vastness Of Nature

The breastpiece shall be square and folded double; a span [about nine inches] in length and a span in width. Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesWeights And Measures, LinearSquaresDoubled OverDimensions Of Other Things

Then a champion came out from the camp of the Philistines named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LinearGiantsChampions


“My hand founded and established the earth,
And My right hand spread out the heavens;
When I call to them, they stand together [in obedience to carry out My decrees].
Verse ConceptsFoundationsFinger Of GodEarth, Creation OfChaosHand Of GodRight Hand Of GodPower, Of GodPower Of God, ExpressedEarth's FoundationGod Creating With His Finger


See, O Lord, and look!
With whom have You dealt this way?
Should women eat their offspring,
The little ones who were born healthy and beautiful?
Should priest and prophet be killed
In the sanctuary of the Lord?
Verse ConceptsCannibalismInfanticideKilling PriestsProphets KilledWho Is The One?Pay Attention O God!


“For ten acres of vineyard will yield [only] one bath of wine,
And a homer (six bushels) of seed will produce [only] one ephah of grain.”
Verse ConceptsSowing And ReapingUnfruitfulnessWeights And Measures, DistancesWeights And Measures, DryWeights And Measures, LiquidComparative Measures

‘And if a man consecrates to the Lord part of a field of his own property, then your valuation shall be proportionate to the seed needed for it; a homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. Verse ConceptsGrainSeedWeights And Measures, DistancesWeights And Measures, DryAccording To ThingsComparative MeasuresValuesales

So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley [the price of a common slave]. Verse ConceptsCoinageGrainMarketsWeights And Measures, DryBarteringPrice Set On Individuals

The people spent all that day and all night and all the next day and caught and gathered the quail (the one who gathered least gathered ten homers) and they spread them out for themselves around the camp [to cure them by drying]. Verse ConceptsGluttonyExcessWeights And Measures, DryGathering FoodLabour Day And Night

The ephah and the bath measures shall both be the same size, the bath containing one tenth of a homer and the ephah one tenth of a homer; the standard measure shall be the homer. And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs; twenty shekels and twenty-five shekels and fifteen shekels shall be your maneh. This is the offering which you shall make: a sixth of an ephah from each homer of wheat and a sixth of an ephah from each homer of barley. read more.
And as to the set portion of oil, you shall offer the tenth part of a bath of oil out of each cor, which is a homer of ten baths, for ten baths make [both a cor and] a homer.

So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, “Quickly, get ready three measures of fine meal, knead it and bake cakes.” Verse ConceptsFoodBakersBakingWeights And Measures, DryHasty ActionKneading DoughThree Other ThingsHurrying Others OnOther Volume Measures

Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two jugs of wine, five sheep already prepared [for roasting], five measures of roasted grain, a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and loaded them on donkeys. Verse ConceptsFoodFig treeGrainRaisinsSheepWeights And Measures, DryFigsOne HundredThe Number Two HundredDried FruitQuantities Of WineHasty ActionOther Volume Measures

Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord, ‘Tomorrow about this time a measure of finely-milled flour will sell for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria.’” Verse ConceptsFoodCoinageElisha, Prophecies OfGatesGrainProphecy, Methods Of OtTradeWeights And Measures, DryMan's Action TomorrowInexpensiveOther Volume Measurestomorrowmarketing

It happened just as [Elisha] the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, “Two measures of barley will be sold for a shekel and a measure of finely-milled flour for a shekel tomorrow about this time at the gate of Samaria.” Verse ConceptsMan's Action TomorrowInexpensiveOther Volume Measurestomorrow

So with the stones Elijah built an altar in the name of the Lord. He made a trench around the altar large enough to hold two measures of seed. Verse ConceptsFurrowsWeights And Measures, DryOther Volume Measures

Then the people [of Israel] went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. So [goods were so plentiful that] a measure of finely-milled flour [was sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in accordance with the word of the Lord [as spoken through Elisha]. Verse ConceptsMoney, Uses OfSpoils Of WarInexpensiveOther Volume Measures

nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Verse ConceptsBeing AshamedDisclosuresWeights And Measures, DryCandles

He said to them, “A lamp is not brought in to be put under a basket or under a bed, is it? Is it not [brought in] to be put on the lampstand? Verse ConceptsDisclosuresWeights And Measures, DryZeal, ReligiousParables Of Christ

“No one lights a lamp and then puts it in a cellar nor under a basket [hiding the light], but [instead it is put] on the lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light. Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DryCellarsDisclosuresLight Of Lamps

“But if the cleansed leper is poor and his means are insufficient, then he is to take one lamb as a guilt offering to be waved to make atonement for him, and one tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and a log of oil, Verse ConceptsMale AnimalsBeing PoorEphah [Ten Omers]Making Cereal Offerings And LibationsOther Volume Measures

Then the priest shall take one of the male lambs and offer it as a guilt offering, with the log of oil, and present them as a wave offering before the Lord. Verse ConceptsLambsWave OfferingsSwinging

“Now on the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish, and a yearling ewe lamb without blemish, and three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with [olive] oil as a grain offering, and one log (about a pint) of oil; Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LiquidDay 8Oil On SacrificesMale AnimalsFemale AnimalsPerfect SacrificesAnimals At Specific AgesEphah [Ten Omers]Making Cereal Offerings And LibationsOther Volume Measures

The priest shall also take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand; Verse ConceptsLeft HandsOil On Sacrifices

The priest shall take the lamb of the guilt offering, and the log of oil, and shall present them as a wave offering before the Lord. Verse ConceptsSwinging

When they measured it with an omer, he who had gathered a large amount had no excess, and he who had gathered little had no lack; every man gathered according to his need (family size). Verse ConceptsEquality In PaymentGathering MuchLittle FoodGathering FoodPlenty For The PoorSurplus

This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Let every man gather as much of it as he needs. Take an omer for each person, according to the number of people each of you has in his tent.’” Verse ConceptsTentsGathering FoodAccording To People

Concerning the pillars, the height of each pillar was eighteen cubits (twenty-seven feet), and a line [an ornamental molding] of twelve cubits (eighteen feet) went around its circumference; it was four fingers thick, and [the pillar was] hollow. Verse ConceptsFingersWeights And Measures, LinearDimensions Of PillarsBreadthHollownessHollow

Now there was a great famine in Samaria; and they besieged it until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a fourth of a kab of dove’s dung for five shekels of silver. Verse ConceptsFamine, Examples OfCoinagedung and manureHeadsMonotonySuffering, Nature OfWeights And Measures, DryDefecationHelp In ShortageA Fourth PartExpensiveOther Volume Measuresboyfriendspoop

And behold, there was a wall all around the outside [area] of the temple (house) [of the Lord], and in the man’s hand a measuring rod six cubits long (10.2 ft.), each cubit being longer than the standard one by a hand width. So he measured the thickness of the wall, one rod; and the height, one rod. Verse ConceptsLengthWeights And Measures, LinearDimensions Of WallsDimensions Of Other Things

So they took soundings [using a weighted line] and found [the depth to be] twenty fathoms (120 feet); and a little farther on they sounded again and found [the depth to be] fifteen fathoms (90 feet). Verse ConceptsdepthDepthingNavigation

And when those who were carrying the ark of the Lord [by its poles] had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fatling.

And then, that very day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LinearTwo Disciples

Now there were six stone waterpots set there for the Jewish custom of purification (ceremonial washing), containing twenty or thirty gallons each. Verse ConceptsJews, TheJudaismRitual WashingWashingWaterWeights And Measures, LiquidSix ThingsWater ContainersStone ItemsMeans Of PurifyingPurifying OneselfOther Volume Measures


Then the disciples returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet (Olive Grove), which is near Jerusalem, [only] a Sabbath day’s journey (less than one mile) away. Verse ConceptsSabbath, In NtWeights And Measures, DistancesSabbath Observedzealotswellness

So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley [the price of a common slave]. Verse ConceptsCoinageGrainMarketsWeights And Measures, DryBarteringPrice Set On Individuals