Thematic Bible: Measures


Thematic Bible





just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin shall ye have: I am Jehovah 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 he smote the Moabites, and measured them with a line, making them lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts. Verse ConceptsGiving To OthersLengthTaxationTributesDividing Into Three GroupsThose Subjected To People

And the city lies four-square, and its length is as much as the breadth. And he measured the city with the reed twelve thousand stadia: the length and the breadth and height of it are equal. Verse ConceptsBreadthHeightLengthSquaresCubesEleven To Nineteen ThousandCity SquaresMeasuring Jerusalem And The LandNew JerusalemNervousnessoutreachmeasurement

And he brought me thither, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a flax-cord in his hand, and a measuring-reed; and he stood in the gate. Verse ConceptsBronzeMeasuring RodLinenWeights And Measures, LinearStanding In The GatewayThings Like Bronze

And the measuring line shall yet go forth before it unto the hill Gareb, and shall turn toward Goath. Verse ConceptsMeasuring Rod

But if his hand cannot attain to two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin-offering: he shall put no oil on it, neither shall he put frankincense thereon; for it is a sin-offering. Verse ConceptsFooddovesFrankincenseIncenseOilPigeonsWeights And Measures, DryOil On SacrificesFragranceA Tenth Of ThingsBeing PoorEphah [Ten Omers]Regulations For The Sin Offering

And on the eighth day he shall take two he-lambs without blemish, and one yearling ewe-lamb without blemish, and three tenth parts of fine flour mingled with oil, for an oblation, and one log 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

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


Thou shalt not have in thy house divers ephahs, a great and a small. A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just ephah shalt thou have; that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

And on the eighth day he shall take two he-lambs without blemish, and one yearling ewe-lamb without blemish, and three tenth parts of fine flour mingled with oil, for an oblation, and one log 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

And the priest shall take of the log of oil, and pour it into his, the priest's, left hand; Verse ConceptsLeft HandsOil On Sacrifices

Square shall it be, doubled; a span the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof. Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesWeights And Measures, LinearSquaresDoubled OverDimensions Of Other Things

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


The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, so that the bath may contain the tenth part of a homer, and the ephah the tenth part of a homer: the measure thereof shall be according to the homer. Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DryWeights And Measures, LiquidComparative MeasuresRight Measuresmeasurement


and the set portion of oil, by the bath of oil, the tenth part of a bath out of a cor, which is a homer of ten baths, for ten baths are a homer; Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DryWeights And Measures, LiquidComparative Measures

And he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I break the staff of bread in Jerusalem; and they shall eat bread by weight, and with anxiety; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment: Verse ConceptsBreaking SticksDrinking WaterFamine ComingFear Will ComePeople AppalledFamine Will ComeAnxiety And FearDespairweight

And thou shalt drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time shalt thou drink. Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LiquidDrinking WaterNo Water For Peoplemeasurement

And thou shalt make for it a margin of a handbreadth round about, and shalt make a border of gold for the margin thereof round about. Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LinearBreadthGold Items For The TabernaclEdge Of Other Things

Behold, thou hast made my days as hand-breadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before thee; verily, every man, even the high placed, is altogether vanity. Selah. Verse ConceptsPhysical LifeWeights And Measures, LinearVanityMan A Mere BreathPsalm InterjectionsPerspective

Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia off, Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, Lineardistance

And behold, two of them were going on the same day to a village distant sixty stadia from Jerusalem, called Emmaus; Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LinearTwo Disciples

God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth its place: Verse ConceptsWisdom

In making a weight for the wind, and meting out the waters by measure, Verse ConceptsWindGod Dispensing WindAtmospherebalanceweightpressuremeasurement

and for the loaves to be set in rows, and for the fine flour for the oblation, and for the unleavened cakes, and for what is baked in the pan, and for that which is saturated with oil, and for all measure of capacity and size; Verse ConceptsFoodConsecrated BreadShowbread

And thus shalt thou make it: let the length of the ark be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. A light shalt thou make to the ark; and to a cubit high shalt thou finish it above. And the door of the ark shalt thou set in its side: with a lower, second, and third story shalt thou make it.


For I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to save thee: for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have scattered thee; yet of thee will I not make a full end, but I will correct thee with judgment, and will not hold thee altogether guiltless. Verse ConceptsGod Scattering IsraelGod With Specific PeopleReproving PeopleAmerica


And there was a great famine in Samaria; and behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was worth eighty silver-pieces, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung five silver-pieces. Verse ConceptsFamine, Examples OfCoinagedung and manureHeadsMonotonySuffering, Nature OfWeights And Measures, DryDefecationHelp In ShortageA Fourth PartExpensiveOther Volume Measuresboyfriendspoop

And with the one lamb a tenth part of wheaten flour mingled with beaten oil, a fourth part of a hin; and a drink-offering, a fourth part of a hin of wine. Verse ConceptsOilOlivesWinedrink offeringAnimal Sacrifices, Meal OfferingQuantities Of WineA Fourth PartA Tenth Of ThingsEphah [Ten Omers]

Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out the heavens with his span, and grasped the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in a balance, and the hills in scales? Verse ConceptsBalance In LifeBreadthDivine BalancesHand Of GodHillsNatureBalances, Metaphorical UseStrength, DivineWeighingNumerous As DustHollowScienceThe OceanbalancedustweightmeasurementThe Vastness Of Nature

And whoever will compel thee to go one mile, go with him two. Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LinearGoing TogetherOutward CompulsionPeople Willing

Therefore doth Sheol enlarge its desire, and open its mouth without measure; and her splendour shall descend into it, and her multitude, and her tumult, and all that is joyful within her. Verse ConceptsGrave, TheThe Glory Of ManThe Fact Of Death

Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure: Verse ConceptsCup Of SufferingTearsSevere Afflictions

Make me to know, Jehovah, mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: I shall know how frail I am. Verse ConceptsEuthanasiaLife, HumanDeath, Preparation ForLife, Brevity OfAfflictions, Prayer DuringTransient WealthPeople EndedDeathDaysEnd Of Days

and having sounded found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther and having again sounded they found fifteen fathoms; Verse ConceptsdepthDepthingNavigation

Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure which is abominable? Verse ConceptsAbominations, To GodStoring Treasure On EarthCursing ThingsProsperity Of The Wicked

Now there were standing there six stone water-vessels, according to the purification of the Jews, holding two or three measures each. Verse ConceptsJews, TheJudaismRitual WashingWashingWaterWeights And Measures, LiquidSix ThingsWater ContainersStone ItemsMeans Of PurifyingPurifying OneselfOther Volume Measures