19 Gideon went inside, prepared a young goat,(A) and from an ephah[a](B) of flour he made bread without yeast. Putting the meat in a basket and its broth in a pot, he brought them out and offered them to him under the oak.(C)

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  1. Judges 6:19 That is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms

17 So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she threshed(A) the barley she had gathered, and it amounted to about an ephah.[a](B)

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  1. Ruth 2:17 That is, probably about 30 pounds or about 13 kilograms

24 After he was weaned, she took the boy with her, young as he was, along with a three-year-old bull,[a](A) an ephah[b] of flour and a skin of wine, and brought him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh.

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  1. 1 Samuel 1:24 Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint and Syriac; Masoretic Text with three bulls
  2. 1 Samuel 1:24 That is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms

17 Now Jesse said to his son David, “Take this ephah[a](A) of roasted grain(B) and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.

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  1. 1 Samuel 17:17 That is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms

10 You are to use accurate scales,(A) an accurate ephah[a](B) and an accurate bath.[b]

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  1. Ezekiel 45:10 An ephah was a dry measure having the capacity of about 3/5 bushel or about 22 liters.
  2. Ezekiel 45:10 A bath was a liquid measure equaling about 6 gallons or about 22 liters.

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