Weights and Measures
Whilst
it is
good to have the
modern versions translate the
Biblical weights and measures into their
contemporary
equivalent, so that we can have some idea of the background,
some of the typical teaching is lost in so doing.
In
typology the meaning is in the number of units used in the
original text, so it is important to retain the literal
translation if we are to learn
from them.
Below we will commence to put in the
Biblical
measures together with their equivalents,
as far as
they can be agreed by scholars! Note
both the imperial
and
the metric equivalents are given.
Jewish Weights*
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