Thematic Bible: Weights
Thematic Bible
Weights » Troy weights a gerah = 1/50 oz » 10 gerahs = 1 bekah = 1/5 oz
Weights » Must be just
Weights » Provisions were sold by, in times of scarcity
Weights » Value of money estimated according to
Weights » Mentioned in scripture » Talent
And heavy hail, that seemed to be a talent in weight, fell from the sky upon the people; and they spoke evil of God on account of the plague of the hail--because the plague of it was exceedingly severe.
Verse Concepts
Weights » All metals were given by
Weights » Mentioned in scripture » Maneh or pound
Weights » Mentioned in scripture » Shekel
Weights » Mentioned in scripture » Gerah
Weights » Were frequently used in scales or balances
Weights » The jews » Forbidden to have divers
Weights » Illustrative » (heavy,) of the exceeding glory reserved for saints
For this our light and transitory burden of suffering is achieving for us a preponderating, yes, a vastly preponderating, and eternal weight of glory;
Verse Concepts
Weights » The jews » Forbidden to have unjust
Weights » Mentioned in scripture » Dram
Weights » Sometimes regulated by the king's standard
Weights » Mentioned in scripture » Bekah or half-shekel
Weights » Illustrative » Of sins
Therefore, surrounded as we are by such a vast cloud of witnesses, let us fling aside every encumbrance and the sin that so readily entangles our feet. And let us run with patient endurance the race that lies before us,
Verse Concepts
Weights » Generally regulated by the standard of the sanctuary
Weights » The jews » Frequently used unjust
Weights » Illustrative » Of the restraints put on the elements
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