|  Interesting Biblical Facts
| 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. | 12 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. | | 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 | | 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 | | | Search Our Website | | | | ----------------------------- |
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