You shall have just balances, a just ephah, and a just bath. 11 The ephah and the bath shall be of the same measure, the bath containing one tenth of a homer, and the ephah one tenth of a homer; the homer shall be the standard measure. 12 The shekel shall be twenty gerahs; twenty [...]
Answers about measurements
Bible skeptics often claim that the Bible makes this error, but it doesn’t. Here is the relevant verse (which occurs twice); it concerns a large circular basin in front of the temple in Jerusalem. Then he made the sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, [...]
Lengths in the Bible can be confusing when ancient measures are used. The Old Testament uses the following lengths. Biblical unit Approximate metric equivalent Cubit 48 centimetres Span 24 centimetres Handbreadth 8 centimetres These are based on body parts. The cubit was originally the length of the forearm, and the span was the width of [...]
