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 came down from heaven upon men a great storm of hail, every stone weighing about a talent; and men blasphemed God on account of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding 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 our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh out for us, in a higher and still higher degree, an everlasting 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
Therefore let us also, being surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth easily beset us, and let us run with perseverance 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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