Bible Dictionary
Weights And Measures
Biblical weights and measures included units of length, capacity, and weight, such as the cubit, span, palm, ephah, bath, shekel, maneh, and talent. Their values varied somewhat, but they regulated trade, construction, offerings, and taxation.
Biblical Usage
These units regulated construction, travel, trade, offerings, taxation, and other ordinary and sacred activities. Biblical writers use both linear and capacity measures as well as monetary and commercial weights.
Scripture References
Genesis 6:15
Genesis 6:16
Genesis 7:20
Jeremiah 52:21
Exodus 25:25
1 Kings 7:26
2 Chronicles 4:5
Psalms 39:5
Exodus 28:16
1 Samuel 17:4
Ezekiel 43:13
Isaiah 40:12
Ezekiel 40:5-8
Ezekiel 41:8
Ezekiel 42:16-29
2 Samuel 6:13
Matthew 5:41
Genesis 30:36
Genesis 31:23
Exodus 3:18
Exodus 5:3
Numbers 10:33
Numbers 11:31
Numbers 33:8
Numbers 1:2
1 Kings 19:4
2 Kings 3:9
Jonah 3:3
1Macc 5:24
1Macc 7:45
Tob 6:1
Luke 2:44
Acts 1:12
Exodus 16:29
Numbers 35:5
2Macc 11:5
2Macc 12:9
2Macc 12:17
2Macc 12:29
Luke 24:13
John 6:19
John 11:18
Revelation 14:20
Revelation 21:18
Numbers 35:4
Ezekiel 40:27
Ezekiel 42:16-19
Revelation 21:16
Leviticus 14:10
Exodus 29:40
Exodus 30:24
Numbers 15:4
Numbers 15:7
Numbers 15:8
Ezekiel 4:11
1 Kings 7:38
2 Chronicles 2:10
Ezra 7:22
Isaiah 5:10
2 Kings 6:25
Exodus 16:16-36
Genesis 18:6
1 Samuel 25:18
2 Kings 7:1
2 Kings 7:16
Matthew 13:33
Luke 13:21
Exodus 16:36
Leviticus 5:11
Leviticus 6:20
Numbers 5:15
Numbers 28:5
Judges 6:19
Ruth 2:17
1 Samuel 1:24
1 Samuel 17:17
Ezekiel 45:11
Ezekiel 45:13
Ezekiel 46:5
Ezekiel 46:7
Ezekiel 46:11
Ezekiel 46:14
Hosea 3:2
Leviticus 27:16
Numbers 11:32
1 Kings 4:22
1 Kings 5:11
2 Chronicles 27:5
Ezekiel 45:14
Luke 16:7
John 2:6
Revelation 6:6
Mark 7:4
Mark 7:8
Matthew 5:15
Mark 4:21
Luke 11:33