What does the Bible say about measure?

Nave's Topical Bible

• (The following modern equivalents of ancient measurements are based upon the latest research, and are as correct as is possible at this time)
• DRY
• 1. A bushel, about a peck Matthew 5:15; Mark 4:21; Luke 11:33
• 2. A cab, or kab, about two quarts 2 Kings 6:25
• 3. A cor, equal to one homer or ten ephahs, equal to about eleven and one-ninth bushels 1 Kings 4:22; 1 Kings 5:11; 2 Chronicles 2:10; 2 Chronicles 27:5; Ezra 7:22
• 4. An ephah, equal to three seah, and in liquid, to a bath, containing about a bushel and a half Exodus 16:36; Leviticus 5:11; Leviticus 6:20; Leviticus 19:36; Numbers 5:15; Numbers 28:5; Judges 6:19; Ruth 2:17; 1 Samuel 1:24; 1 Samuel 17:17; Isaiah 5:10; Ezekiel 45:10
• 5. A half-homer, about five and a half bushels Hosea 3:2
• 6. A homer, about eleven bushels, equal to a cor or ten ephahs Leviticus 27:16; Numbers 11:32; Isaiah 5:10; Ezekiel 45:11-14; Hosea 3:2
• 7. An omer, about one bushel Exodus 16:16; Exodus 16:18
• 8. A seah, about a peck and a half Genesis 18:6; 1 Samuel 25:18; 1 Kings 18:32; 2 Kings 7:1; 2 Kings 7:16; 2 Kings 7:18
• 9. A tenth deal, about a gallon, equal to one-tenth of an ephah Exodus 29:40; Leviticus 14:10; Leviticus 14:21; Leviticus 23:13; Leviticus 23:17; Leviticus 24:5; Numbers 15:4; Numbers 15:6; Numbers 15:9; Numbers 28:9; Numbers 28:12; Numbers 28:13
• LIQUID
• 1. A bath, about eight gallons and a half 1 Kings 7:26; 1 Kings 7:38; 2 Chronicles 2:10; 2 Chronicles 4:5; Ezra 7:22; Isaiah 5:10; Ezekiel 45:10; Ezekiel 45:11; Ezekiel 45:14; Luke 16:6
• 2. A firkin, nearly nine gallons John 2:6
• 3. A hin, about a gallon and a half Exodus 29:40; Exodus 30:24; Leviticus 19:36; Leviticus 23:13; Numbers 15:4-10; Numbers 28:5; Numbers 28:7; Numbers 28:14; Ezekiel 4:11
• 4. A log, about a pint, one-twelfth of a hin Leviticus 14:10; Leviticus 14:12; Leviticus 14:15; Leviticus 14:21; Leviticus 14:24
• See WEIGHTS
• LINEAR
• 1. A finger Jeremiah 52:21
• 2. A handbreadth Exodus 25:25; Exodus 37:12; 1 Kings 7:26; 2 Chronicles 4:5; Psalms 39:5; Ezekiel 40:5; Ezekiel 40:43; Ezekiel 43:13
• 3. A span Exodus 28:16; 1 Samuel 17:4; Isaiah 40:12; Isaiah 48:13; Lamentations 2:20; Ezekiel 43:13
• 4. A cubit, the length of a man’s forearm
• See CUBIT
• 5. A reed, probably six cubits Ezekiel 40:5
• 6. A fathom Acts 27:28
• 7. A pace 2 Samuel 6:13
• 8. A furlong Luke 24:13
• 9. A mile, probably nine-tenths of an English mile Matthew 5:41
• 10. A Sabbath day’s journey, two thousand paces Acts 1:12
• MUST BE JUST Leviticus 19:35; Leviticus 19:36; Deuteronomy 25:13-16; Proverbs 11:1; Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10; Proverbs 20:23; Hosea 12:7-9; Micah 6:10-12
• See DISHONESTY
• See INTEGRITY