APPROXIMATE VALUES OF THE BIBLE

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APPROXIMATE VALUES OF THE BIBLE

WEIGHTS, MEASURES, MONEY
Bath, about 9 gallons, unit of liquid measure Bekah, of an ounce Cab, 2 quarts Cubit, about 18 inches Daric, gold, $5; silver, 64 cents (same as shekel) Days journey, about 20 miles Denarius, 16 cents Didrachma, 32 cents Digit, of an inch Drachma, 16 cents Ephah, about 1 bushel, unit of dry measure Farthing, cent, or 1 cent (two different Biblical words for farthing) Fathom, 6 feet Firkin, 9 gallons Furlong, 1/8 of a mile Gerah, 1/40 of an ounce Half-shekel, 32 cents Handbreadth, 3 inches Hin, 6 quarts Homer, 90 gallons liquid measure, 11 bushels dry measure Kab, 2 quarts Kor, 90 gallons, or 11 bushels Lethech, about 5 bushels Log, 1 pint Maneh, about 2 pounds Mite, of a cent Omer, 7 pints Pound, $16 Pound of silver, about $20, or $40 (two standards) Pound of gold, about $300, or $600. Ratio of gold to silver, 15 to 1 Reed, about 11 feet Sabbath Days Journey, about 1 mile Seah, 1 pecks Shekel, ounce, unit of weight Shekel, 64 cents, unit of money Span, about 9 inches Stadium, about 1/7 mile

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Talent, about $1,000 Talent of silver, about 100 pounds, or 50 pounds; $1,250, or $2,500 Talent of gold, about 120 pounds, or 60 pounds, $20,000, or $40,000

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