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 there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent; and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, for the plague of it is very 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 my light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working out for me a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,
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
Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that 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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