We'll soon be adding a Measurement Convertor to this section. In the meantime here they are in a handy low-tech tables:
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Biblical Unit
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Imperial
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Metric
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| Talent |
60 minas
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75 pounds
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34 kg
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| Mina |
50 shekals
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1.25 pounds
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0.6 kg
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| Shekel |
2 bekas
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0.4 ounces
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11.5 g
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| Pim |
0.66 shekal
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0.33 ounces
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7.6 g
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| Beka |
10 gerahs
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0.25 ounces
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5.5 g
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| Gerah |
0.02 ounces
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0.6 g
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Biblical Unit
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Imperial
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Metric
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| Cubit |
18 inches
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0.5 m
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| Span |
9 inches
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23 cm
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| Handbreadth |
3 inches
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8 cm
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Biblical Unit
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Imperial
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Metric
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| Cor (homer) |
10 ephahs
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6 bushels
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220 l
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| lethak |
5 ephahs
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3 bushels
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110 l
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| eptah |
10 omers
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0.6 bushels
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22 l
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| seah |
0.33 ephahs
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7 quarts
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7.3 l
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| omer |
0.1 ephahs
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2 quarts
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2 l
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| cab |
0.055 ephahs
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1 quart
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1 l
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Biblical Unit
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Imperial
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Metric
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| Bath |
1 ephah
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6 gallons
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22 l
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| Hin |
0.166 bath
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4 quarts
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4 l
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| Log |
0.1388 bath
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0.33 quarts
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0.3 l
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Please note that all weights and measures are approximate, especially as weights and measures differed by time and place in the ancient world. The ephah and the bath are particularly uncertain.
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