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  2. Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    According to Herbert G. May, chief editor of two classic Bible-related reference books, the bath may be archaeologically determined to have been about 22 liters (5.75 US gal) from a study of jar remains marked 'bath' and 'royal bath' from Tell Beit Mirsim. [38] Based on this, a Revi'ith would measure (approx.) 76 ml or 2.7 fluid oz.

  3. Manna - Wikipedia

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    The Gathering of the Manna by James Tissot. Manna (Hebrew: מָן, romanized: mān, Greek: μάννα; Arabic: اَلْمَنُّ), sometimes or archaically spelled mana, is described in the Bible and the Quran as an edible substance that God bestowed upon the Israelites while they were wandering the desert during the 40-year period that followed the Exodus and preceded the conquest of Canaan.

  4. Omer (unit) - Wikipedia

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    It is used in the Bible as an ancient unit of volume for grains and dry commodities, and the Torah mentions it as being equal to one tenth of an ephah. [2] According to the Jewish Encyclopedia (1906), an ephah was defined as being 72 logs , and the Log was equal to the Sumerian mina , which was itself defined as one sixtieth of a maris ; [ 3 ...

  5. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Popular units include the Bible, the Encyclopædia Britannica, phone books, the complete works of Shakespeare, and the Library of Congress. When the Compact Disc began to be used as a data storage device as the CD-ROM , journalists often described the disc capacity (650 megabytes ) by using the number of Christian Bibles that can be stored.

  6. Staff of Moses - Wikipedia

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    The Staff of Moses, also known as the Rod of Moses or Staff of God, is mentioned in the Bible and Quran as a walking stick used by Moses. According to the Book of Exodus , the staff ( Hebrew : מַטֶּה , romanized : maṭṭe , translated "rod" in the King James Bible ) was used to produce water from a rock, was transformed into a snake and ...

  7. Millo - Wikipedia

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    Map of Davidic Jerusalem, with the location of the Millo indicated. Stepped stone structure/millo with the House of Ahiel to the left. The Millo (Hebrew: המלוא, romanized: ha-millō) was a structure in Jerusalem referred to in the Hebrew Bible, first mentioned as being part of the city of David in 2 Samuel 5:9 and the corresponding passage in the Books of Kings (1 Kings 9:15) and later in ...

  8. Race and appearance of Jesus - Wikipedia

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    Jesus' skin tone referenced in the Bible, was like burnt bronze. [ 61 ] which should determine that he would have most likely been darker skinned. Among the points which were made in the study was the fact that the Bible says that Jesus's disciple Judas Iscariot needed to point him out to those who were arresting him.

  9. Altar (Bible) - Wikipedia

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    The first time the word altar is mentioned and recorded in the Hebrew Bible is that it was erected by Noah, it does specify that there was an altar in (Genesis 8:20). [ clarification needed ] Other altars were erected by Abraham ( Genesis 12:7 ; 13:4 ; 13:18 ; 22:9 ), by Isaac ( Genesis 26:25 ), by Jacob ( 33:20 ; 35:1–3 ), by Moses ( Exodus ...