Genesis 25:4Isaiah 60:621 Chronicles 2:4631 Chronicles 2:47
An entirely different Hebrew word with a different first letter lies behind the English “ephah” as a dry measure of grain. It is one-tenth of a homer and equal to one bath of liquid (Ezekiel 45:11 ). It is also equal to 10 omers (Exodus 16:36 ). Thus it is about 40 liters, though we do not have enough information to make precise estimates. Estimates place it about half a bushel. The vision of Zechariah 5:7 of a woman sitting in an ephah basket contains the imaginative images of visions, for any ephah would be far too small for a woman to sit in. Israel was constantly warned not to have two ephah measures, one to buy by and one to sell with ( Deuteronomy 25:14; Proverbs 20:10 ). Compare Leviticus 19:36; Ezekiel 45:10; Amos 8:5 .
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