Things Worth Knowing.
Thu Hebrew Standard explains the following Biblical terms i A gerah was a cent. A cab was three pints. An outer was six pints. A shekel of gold was §B. A firkin was seven pints. A farthing was.seven cents., A talent of gold; was 113,809. A talent of silver was §538,30. A bin was one gallon and two pints. ; Ezekiel’s reed was nearly eleven feet. A cubit was nearly twenty-two inches. A shekel of silver was about 50 cents. A mite was less tlran a quarter of a glass. A piece of silver ora penny was 13;cents. A Sabbath-day’s journey was about an | English' mile. An Ephan, or bath-, contained seven, gallons and five pints.. A day’s journey was.about twenty-three and one-fifth miles. A hand’s breadth is equal to three and five-eighths inches. A finger’s breadth is equal to one inch.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 474, 24 May 1890, Page 2
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144Things Worth Knowing. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 474, 24 May 1890, Page 2
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