Ezekiel 45:10-12

Ezekiel 45:10-12

[10] Ye shall have just  balances,  and a just  ephah,  and a just  bath.  [11] The ephah  and the bath  shall be of one  measure,  that the bath  may contain  the tenth part  of an homer,  and the ephah  the tenth part  of an homer:  the measure  thereof shall be after the homer.  [12] And the shekel  shall be twenty  gerahs:  twenty  shekels,  five  and twenty  shekels,  fifteen  shekels,  shall be your maneh. 

What does Ezekiel 45:10-12 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

They should also be fair in their commercial dealings. Their basic dry and liquid measures, an ephah (about one-half bushel) and a bath (about six gallons), were to be standard and equal. An ephah should always be a tenth of an homer (five to six bushels), and a bath should always be a tenth of an homer (five to six bushels). Likewise weights should be the same. One shekel (about two-fifths of an ounce) should equal20 gerahs (about one-fiftieth of an ounce). Twenty shekels plus25 shekels plus15 shekels (60 shekels) should equal one mina (about one and one-quarter pounds). Different commentators and Bible dictionaries vary somewhat in explaining the modern equivalents of these amounts.
". . . linear measurements of the ancient Near East were not as accurate as those of today. This is also true of volume measurements. Ezekiel delineated the proper standard of volume measure in the terms of his day." [1]