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Measures.

From: The New Topical Textbook By: Reuben Archer Torrey

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Unjust, an abomination to God. Prov. 20:10¹⁰Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord. (Proverbs 20:10).

The Jews not to be unjust in. Lev. 19:35³⁵Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. (Leviticus 19:35). Deut. 25:14,15¹⁴Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. ¹⁵But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. (Deuteronomy 25:14‑15).

The Jews often used unjust. Mic. 6:10¹⁰Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? (Micah 6:10).

OF LIQUIDS AND SOLIDS;

Log. Lev. 14:10,15¹⁰And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil. (Leviticus 14:10)
¹⁵And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand: (Leviticus 14:15).

Cab. 2 Kin. 6:25.

Omer or tenth-deal, (the tenth of an ephah.) Ex. 16:36³⁶Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. (Exodus 16:36). Lev. 5:11¹¹But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering. (Leviticus 5:11). Lev. 14:10¹⁰And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil. (Leviticus 14:10).

Hin. Ex. 29:40⁴⁰And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering. (Exodus 29:40).

Bath or ephah. Isa. 5:10¹⁰Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah. (Isaiah 5:10). Ezek. 45:11¹¹The 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. (Ezekiel 45:11).

Homer or Cor. Isa. 5:10¹⁰Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah. (Isaiah 5:10). Ezek. 45:14¹⁴Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer: (Ezekiel 45:14).

Firkin. 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).

OF LENGTH;

Handbreadth. Ex. 25:25²⁵And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about. (Exodus 25:25). Psa. 39:5⁵Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. (Psalm 39:5).

Span. Ex. 28:16¹⁶Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof. (Exodus 28:16). 1 Sam. 17:4⁴And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. (1 Samuel 17:4).

Cubit. Gen. 6:15,16¹⁵And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. ¹⁶A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. (Genesis 6:15‑16). Deut. 3:11¹¹For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man. (Deuteronomy 3:11).

Fathom. Acts 27:28²⁸And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms. (Acts 27:28).

Furlong. Luke 24:13¹³And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. (Luke 24:13). John 11:18¹⁸Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: (John 11:18).

Mile. Matt. 5:41⁴¹And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. (Matthew 5:41).

Distances measured by rods and lines. 2 Sam. 8:2²And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts. (2 Samuel 8:2). Jer. 31:39³⁹And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath. (Jeremiah 31:39). Ezek. 40:3³And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate. (Ezekiel 40:3). Rev. 21:16¹⁶And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. (Revelation 21:16).

Were regulated by the standard of the sanctuary. 1 Chron. 23:29²⁹Both for the showbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size; (1 Chronicles 23:29).

ILLUSTRATIVE

(Correcting in measure,) of mitigated afflictions. Jer. 30:11¹¹For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished. (Jeremiah 30:11).

(Drinking tears in great measure,) of severe afflictions. Psa. 80:5⁵Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. (Psalm 80:5).

(Weighing the waters in a measure,) of God's infinite wisdom. Job 28:23, 25²³God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. (Job 28:23)
²⁵To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure. (Job 28:25).

(Measuring the dust of the earth,) of God's greatness. Isa. 40:12¹²Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? (Isaiah 40:12).

(The measure of our days,) of the shortness of life. Psa. 39:4⁴Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. (Psalm 39:4).

(Drinking water, by measure,) of severe famine. Ezek. 4:11,16¹¹Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink. (Ezekiel 4:11)
¹⁶Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment: (Ezekiel 4:16).

(The measure of the stature of Christ,) of perfection. Eph. 4:13¹³Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: (Ephesians 4:13).

(Opening the mouth without measure,) of the insatiableness of hell. Isa. 5:14¹⁴Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. (Isaiah 5:14).

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