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What does ephah mean?

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Noun
  1. (historical units of measure) A former Hebrew unit of dry volume (about 23 L).
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Bat, also spelled baht or bath, also called ephah, in a measurement system, ancient Hebrew unit of liquid and dry capacity.
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
The Ephah of dry measure equalled the Bath of liquid measure, and the Cab was the same in each.
The Bath, equal to 72 Logs, is thus the liquid equivalent of the Ephah, also equal to 72 Logs.
For a ram two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a third of a hin of oil and a libation of a third of a hin of wine are required.
In a single day Ruth gleaned a whole ephah, that is 36 litres of barley.

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