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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

A Jewish liquid measure, varying from 4.75 to 6.5 gallons.

Concise Bible Dictionary:

See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

From Manners and Customs of the Bible:

Ezekiel 45:10¹⁰Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. (Ezekiel 45:10). Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

The bath was a measure of liquids, such as wine and oil, and was of the same capacity as the ephah in dry measure. See note on Exodus 16:36³⁶Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. (Exodus 16:36) (#125). It is supposed to have contained nearly nine gallons. It is referred to also in Isaiah 5:10¹⁰Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah. (Isaiah 5:10). The “measures,” mentioned in Luke 16:6⁶And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. (Luke 16:6), are baths.

See also note on John 2:6⁶And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. (John 2:6) (#792).

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