Measures of Application
A Hair’s Breadth, 48th Part of an Inch.
A Finger, somewhat less than an Inch.
A Hand’s breadth, 3 inches.
A Span, 9 inches.
A Foot, 12 inches.
A Cubit, a Foot and an half.
An Holy Cubit, a Yard.
The King’s Cubit, A Foot and 9 Inches.
A Reed, 6 Cubits and an Hand’s Breadth.
A Pace, 5 Feet.
A Furlong, 125 Paces.
A Mile, 1000 Paces.
A Sabbath-day’s Journey, 600 Paces.
Measures of capacity of things that are dry
A Kab, a Quart.
An Omer, 3 Pints and an Half.
A Measure, or Seah, a Gallon and an Half.
An Ephah, Half Bushel and Pottle.
Half Homer, or Sethex, 12 Bushels and a Quart.
An Homer, or Cor, 24 Bushels and a Pottle.
Measures of Liquids
A Log, Half a Pint.
A Hin, 3 Quarts.
A Bath, 9 Gallons and 3 Quarts.
A Pot, or Sextary, a Pint and an Half.
A Measure, or Chœnix, a Quart.
A Firkin, 4 Gallons and an half.
weights of appension of counterpoise
A Shekel in Weight, a Quarter of an Ounce.
A Shekel of the Sanctuary, Half an Ounce.
A Pound, 12 Ounces.
A Talent, 62 pounds.
A Mule’s Burden, 200 Weight.
A Table of Money
A Mite, Half of a Farthing.
A Quadrant, or Farthing, 2 Mites.
An Assary, or Farthing, an halfpenny Farthing.
A Gerah, or Piece of Money, a Penny Halfpenny.
A Drachm, or penny, Seven Pence Halfpenny.
A Didrachm, or Shekel, One Shilling three-pence.
A Stater, or Shekel of the sanctuary, Two Shillings and sixpence.
A Mina, or Pound, l.3 2s. 6d.
A Talent of Silver, l.187. 10s 0d.
Gold coins
A Shekel of Gold, Piece, a Darcon, Darius, or Drachm of Gold, l.0.15s.0d.
A Pound of Gold, l..75. 0s.0d.
A Talent of Gold, l. 2250. 0s. 0d.