John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 16:7
Then said he to another, and how much owest thou ?.... To my Lord, as before: and he said, an hundred measures of wheat , or "cors of wheat"; the same with "homers", Ezekiel 45:14 the same quantity as in Ezra 7:22 where, as here, they are called an hundred measures of wheat; and were, as Jarchi on the place observes, למנחות , "for the meal, or flour offerings": according to the above writer F14 Moses & Aaron, l. 6. c. 9. , this measure held five bushels, and five gallons;... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 16:6
And he said an hundred measures of oil ,.... Or "baths of oil", the same quantity as in Ezra 7:22 where Aben Ezra F9 In Ezr. vii. 22. calls them, מדות , "measures", as we do here; and Jarchi F11 In ib. observes, that they were, לבלול מנחות , "to mingle with the meal, or flour offerings"; which illustrates the above observation, that they were for the temple service; and the bath was the measure of oil, as the ephah was of wheat F12 Kimchi in Ezek. xlv. 14. ; and... read more