TABLES
OF
THE WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND MONEY,
MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE.

JEWISH WEIGHTS, REDUCED TO ENGLISH TROY WEIGHT.

lbs.ozs.pen.gr.
The Gerah, the twentieth part of a Shekel00012
The Bekah, half a Shekel0050
The Shekel00100
The Maneh, sixty Shekels2600
The Talent, fifty Maneh, or three thousand Shekels125000

According to the bishop of Peterborough’s calculations, the Gerah is nearly equal to 11 grains Troy; the Bekah, to about 4¾ pennyweights; and the Shekel, to about 9⅛ pennyweights.

TABLES OF SCRIPTURE MEASURES OF LENGTH, REDUCED TO

ENGLISH MEASURE.

SHORT MEASURES.