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The kezayit is, by different sources, considered equal to 1 ⁄ 2 a beitza, 1 ⁄ 3 of a beitza, or not directly related to the other units of volume. The omer, which the Torah mentions as being equal to one-tenth of an ephah, [30] is equivalent to the capacity of 43.2 eggs, or what is also known as one-tenth of three seahs. [31]
The foot-poundal (symbol: ft-pdl) is a unit of energy, introduced in 1879, that is part of the Absolute English system of units, which itself is a coherent subsystem of the foot–pound–second system. [1] The foot-poundal is equal to 1/32.174049 that of the more commonly used foot-pound force.
The poundal (symbol: pdl) is a unit of force, introduced in 1877, that is part of the Absolute English system of units, [citation needed] which itself is a coherent subsystem of the foot–pound–second system.
The candle and the foot-candle were the first defined units of light, defined in the Metropolitan Gas Act (1860). [8] The foot-candle is the intensity of light at one foot from a standard candle. The units were internationally recognized in 1881, and adopted into the metric system. [9]
The dominant reading is that the two expressions are both referring to the same thing and the same group of people. To Nolland, this verse is not an attack on any particular group, but rather a continuation of the theme of God and Mammon begun at Matthew 6:24 and that verse is an attack on wasteful
The verse is paralleled in Mark 9:50; [5] Luke 14:34–35 also has a version of this text similar to the one in Mark. [6] There are a wide number of references to salt in the Old Testament. Leviticus 2:13, [7] Numbers 18:19, [8] and 2 Chronicles 13:5 [9] all present salt as a sign of God's covenant.
Matthew 4:6 is the sixth verse of the fourth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. Jesus has just rebuffed "the tempter's" first temptation; in this verse, the devil presents Jesus with a second temptation while they are standing on the pinnacle of the temple in the "holy city" ().
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you: do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. The World English Bible translates the passage as: Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the ...