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WEIGHTS and MEASURES IN THE BIBLE - Length
MEASURE SYSTEM EQUIVALENT APPROX. METRIC EQUIVALENTS APPROX. U.S. EQUIVALENTS
Finger (digit) 1/12 span 2 cm. 3/4 in.
palm (handbreadth) 4 fingers, 1/3 span 7.5 cm. 3 in.
span 12 fingers, 3 palms 22.25 cm. 9 in.
gomedh 3 3/4 palms, 1 1/4 spans 44.5 cm. 17 1/2 in.
cubit 6-7 palms, 2 spans 44.5 cm. 17 1/2 in.
fathom 4 cubits, 8 spans 2 m. 2 yds.

 

WEIGHTS and MEASURES IN THE BIBLE - Weight

 

MEASURE SYSTEM EQUIVALENT APPROX. METRIC EQUIVALENTS APPROX. U.S. EQUIVALENTS
gerah 1/20 shekel 0.5 g 1/15 oz.
beka 10 gerahs, 1/2 shekel 5 g. 3/16 oz.
pim 1 1/2 bekas, 3/4 shekel 7 g. 1/4 oz.
shekel 2 bekas, 1 1/2 pims 10 g 1/2 oz.
mina 75 pims, 50 shekels 500 g 1 lb.
talent 60 minas, 3000 shekels 30 kg 66 lbs.

 

WEIGHTS and MEASURES IN THE BIBLE - Dry Capacity

 

MEASURE SYSTEM EQUIVALENT APPROX. METRIC EQUIVALENTS APPROX. U.S. EQUIVALENTS
log 1/4 Kab 0.33 l 20 1/2 cu. in.
kab 4 logs 1.2 l 73 cu. in.
omer 7 logs, 1 4/5 kabs 2.4 l 146 1/2 cu. in.
seah 3 1/3 omers, 6 kabs 7.3 l 1/4 cu. ft.
ephah 10 omers, 3 seahs 22 l 3/4 cu. ft.
lethech 15 seahs, 5 ephahs 110 l 3 3/4 cu. ft.
homer 10 ephahs, 2 lethech 220 l 7 3/4 cu. ft.

 

WEIGHTS and MEASURES IN THE BIBLE - Liquid Capacity


 

MEASURE SYSTEM EQUIVALENT APPROX. METRIC EQUIVALENTS APPROX. U.S. EQUIVALENTS
log 1/2 hin 0.33 l 1/12 gal.
kab 4 logs, 13 hin 1.3 l 1/3 gal.
him 12 logs, 3 kabs 3.67 l 1 gal.
seah 6 kabs, 2 hins 7.33 l 2 gal.
bath 3 seahs, 6 hins 22 l 6 gal.
homer 10 bath, 60 hins 220 l 60 gal.

 

MONEY IN THE BIBLE


 

MEASURE SYSTEM 
EQUIVALENT		 APPROX. 
WEIGHT		 APPROX.
 U.S. VALUE
gerah 1/0 beka, 1/20 shekel   $ 0.02
beka 10 gerahs, 1/2 shekel   0.25
shekel 2 bekas, 20 gerahs 10gm. 1/2 oz. 0.50
mina 50 shekels, 100 bekas 500 g., 1 lb. 25
talent 60 minas, 3000 shekels 30 kg., 66 lbs. 1500
gold shekel     8
gold mina     400
gold talent     24,000.00

 

JEWISH CALENDAR


 

Order of Civil Year Order of Religious Year Hebrew Month Western 
Equivalent		 Day of Celebration
1 7 Tishri Sept/Oct 1st., Rosh Hashannah     10th.,  Yom Kippur    15th-21st. Sukkot
2 8 Marchesvan Oct/Nov  
3 9 Kislev Nov/Dec 25th., Hanukah
4 10 Tebet Dec/Jan  
5 11 Shebat Jan/Feb  
6 12 Adar Feb/Mar 14th. - 15th., Purim
7 1 Nisan Mar/Apr 14th - 21st, Passover & Unleavened Bread
8 2 Iyyar Apr/May  
9 3 Sivan May/June 6th., Pentecost
10 4 Tammuz June/July  
11 5 Ab July/Aug 9th., Destruction of the Temple
12 6 Eul Aug/Sept  
    Adar Sheni Intercalary Month  
 
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