Thematic Bible: Weights
Thematic Bible
Weights » Troy weights a gerah = 1/50 oz » 10 gerahs = 1 bekah = 1/5 oz
Weights » Must be just
Weights » Provisions were sold by, in times of scarcity
Weights » Value of money estimated according to
Weights » Mentioned in scripture » Talent
And great hail like a talent comes down from the heaven upon the people; and the people blasphemed God, on account of the plague of the hail; because the plague of it was exceedingly great.
Verse Concepts
Weights » All metals were given by
Weights » Mentioned in scripture » Maneh or pound
Weights » Mentioned in scripture » Shekel
Weights » Mentioned in scripture » Gerah
Weights » Were frequently used in scales or balances
Weights » The jews » Forbidden to have divers
Weights » Illustrative » (heavy,) of the exceeding glory reserved for saints
For the light burden of our affliction, which is evanescent, is working out for us an eternal weight of glory according to hyperbole unto hyperbole;
Verse Concepts
Weights » The jews » Forbidden to have unjust
Weights » Mentioned in scripture » Dram
Weights » Sometimes regulated by the king's standard
Weights » Mentioned in scripture » Bekah or half-shekel
Weights » Illustrative » Of sins
Therefore let us indeed, having around us so great a cloud of witnesses, having laid aside every weight, and the sin that doth so easily beset us, run with patience the race which is set before us,
Verse Concepts
Weights » Generally regulated by the standard of the sanctuary
Weights » The jews » Frequently used unjust
Weights » Illustrative » Of the restraints put on the elements
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