| English feet. | Inches. | ||||||||
| Digit | 0 | 0.912 | |||||||
| 4 | Palm | 0 | 3.684 | ||||||
| 12 | 3 | Span | 0 | 10.944 | |||||
| 24 | 6 | 3 | Cubit | 1 | 9.888 | ||||
| 96 | 24 | 6 | 2 | Fathom | 7 | 3.552 | |||
| 144 | 36 | 12 | 6 | 1.5 | Ezekiel’s reed | 10 | 11.328 | ||
| 192 | 48 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1.3 | Arabian pole | 14 | 7.104 | |
| 1920 | 480 | 160 | 80 | 20 | 13.3 | 10 | Schœnus’s meas’ng line | 145 | 11.04 |
LONG MEASURES.
| English miles. | Paces. | Feet. | ||||||
| Cubit | 0 | 0 | 1.824 | |||||
| 400 | Stadium or Furlong | 0 | 145 | 4.6 | ||||
| 2000 | 5 | Sabbath day’s journey | 0 | 729 | 3.0 | |||
| 4000 | 10 | 2 | Eastern mile | 1 | 403 | 1.0 | ||
| 12000 | 30 | 6 | 3 | Parasang | 4 | 153 | 3.0 | |
| 96000 | 240 | 48 | 24 | 8 | A day’s journey | 33 | 172 | 4.0 |
| ⁂ 5 Feet=1 Pace; 1056=1 mile. | ||||||||
| According to the bishop of Peterborough, a Parasang is equal to 4 miles, 116 paces. | ||||||||
| FOR TABLES OF TIME SEE THE ARTICLES “[MONTHS]” AND “[DAY].” | ||||||||
TABLES OF SCRIPTURE MEASURES OF CAPACITY.
MEASURES FOR LIQUIDS, REDUCED TO ENGLISH WINE MEASURE.
| Gallons. | Pints. | |||||||
| Caph | 0 | 0.625 | ||||||
| 1.3 | Log | 0 | 0.833 | |||||
| 5.3 | 4 | Cab | 0 | 3.333 | ||||
| 16 | 12 | 3 | Hin | 1 | 2 | |||
| 32 | 24 | 6 | 2 | Seah | 2 | 4 | ||
| 96 | 72 | 18 | 6 | 3 | Bath or Epha | 7 | 4 | |
| 960 | 720 | 180 | 60 | 20 | 10 | Chomer, Homer, Kor, or Coros | 75 | 5 |
The Omer was one-tenth of an Epha, and contained 6 pints; the Metretes of Syria, translated in John ii, 6, “firkins,” 7⅛ pints; and the eastern Cotyla, half a pint. This Cotyla, says the bishop of Peterborough, contains just 10 ounces Averdupois of rain water; the Omer, 100 ounces; the Epha, 1000; and the Chomer, 10,000 ounces. So by these weights all these measures of capacity may be expeditiously recovered to a near exactness.
MEASURES FOR THINGS DRY, REDUCED TO ENGLISH CORN MEASURE.
| Pecks. | Gals. | Pints. | |||||||
| Gachal | 0 | 0 | 0.1416 | ||||||
| 20 | Cab | 0 | 0 | 2.8333 | |||||
| 36 | 1.8 | Omer or Gomer | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | ||||
| 120 | 6 | 3.3 | Seah | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 360 | 18 | 10 | 3 | Epha | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 1800 | 90 | 50 | 15 | 5 | Letech | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3600 | 180 | 100 | 30 | 10 | 2 | Chomer Homer, &c. | 32 | 0 | 0 |
TABLES OF MONEY.