Bible Weights & Measures
Author: Steve Amato
Description: Tables of Weights & Measures used in the Bible
Keywords: bible study,Bible study, weights, measures, shekel, mina, talent

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# Bible Weights and Measures

# Measures of Length
| Rod (Reed) | Pace | Cubit | Span | Hand breadth | Finger
Rod (Reed) | 9 ft. (Ezek. 10.5 ft) |  |  |  |  |
Pace | 3 paces | 3 ft. |  |  |  |
Cubit | 6 cubits | 2 cubits | 1.5 ft (Ezek. 18 in.) |  |  |
Span | 21 spans | 4 spans | 2 spans | 9 in. |  |
Hand- breadth | 36 hand- breadths | 12 hand- breadths | 6 hand- breadths | 3 hand- breadth | 3 in. |
Finger | 144 fingers | 48 fingers | 24 fingers | 12 fingers | 4 fingers | 0.75 in.
A day's journey - 20 mi.; a sabbath day's journey - 3,637 ft.; some distance (a little way) - 5 mi.; mile (Roman) - 4,854 ft.; stadion (furlong) - 606 ft.; fathom - 6 ft.

# Monies and Weights All values are approximate and are based upon a standard of $400 per troy ounce of gold and $5 per troy ounce of silver.
| Talent | Mina | Shekel | Gerah
Talent | 91 lb. (troy) silver $5,460 gold $436,8000 |  |  |
Mina | 60 minas | 18.2 oz. (troy) silver $91 gold $7,280 |  |
Shekel | 3,000 shekels | 50 shekels | 0.364 oz. (troy) silver $1.82 gold $145 |
Gerah | 60,000 gerahs | 1,000 gerahs | 20 gerahs | 0.0182 oz. (troy) silver $0.09 gold $7.28
Drachma - 0.27 oz. (troy) gold $108; Bekah - 0.182 oz. (troy) silver $0.91 Conversion to current value - divide 400 and 5 respectively into the current values of gold and silver. Multiply these factors with the corresponding values found in this chart in the text.

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