Holman


THE

HOLY BIBLE


CONTAINING THE

Old and New Testaments

WITH

MARGINAL READINGS

AND

A COPIOUS AND ORIGINAL SELECTION OF REFERENCES

TO PARALLEL AND ILLUSTRATIVE PASSAGES,

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Original Copyright © 1881, Philadelphia, Pa.

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THE NAMES AND ORDER

OF ALL THE

BOOKS OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS,

WITH THE NUMBER OF THEIR CHAPTERS.


THE BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.

             PAGE. CHAPS.
GENESIS  . . . . .    9 . . . 50
Exodus . . . . . . .   60 . . . 40
Leviticus . . . . . . 102 . . . 27
Numbers . . . . . . 102 . . . 36
Deuteronomy. . . 179 . . . 34
Joshua . . . . . . . 216 . . . 24
Judges  . . . . . . . 241 . . . 21
Ruth  . . . . . . . . 266 . . .   4
1 Samuel  . . . . . 270 . . . 31
2 Samuel  . . . . . 302 . . . 24
1 Kings  . . . . . . 329 . . . 22
2 Kings  . . . . . . 360 . . . 25
1 Chronicles . . . 390 . . . 29
2 Chronicles . . . 419 . . . 36
Ezra . . . . . . . . . 453 . . . 10
Nehemiah . . . . . 463 . . . 23
Esther  . . . . . . . 478 . . . 10
Job . . . . . . . . . . 485 . . . 42
Psalms  . . . . . . . 511 . . 150
Proverbs  . . . . . . 574 . . . 31
                PAGE. CHAPS.
 Ecclesiastes  . . . . . 599 . . . 12
 Song of Solomon . . 603 . . .  8
 Isaiah . . . . . . . . . . 606 . . . 65
 Jeremiah  . . . . . . . 655 . . . 52
 Lamentations . . . . 710 . . .   5
 Ezekial . . . . . . . . . 715 . . . 48
 Daniel  . . . . . . . . . 766 . . . 12
 Hosea . . . . . . . . . . 781 . . . 14
 Joel  . . . . . . . . . . . 788 . . .  3
 Amos  . . . . . . . . . . 791 . . .  9
 Obadiah . . . . . . . . 797 . . . . 1
 Jonah  . . . . . . . . . 708 . . . . 4
 Micah . . . . . . . . . . 800 . . .  7
 Nahum . . . . . . . . . 804 . . .  3
 Habakuk  . . . . . . . 806  . . . 3
 Zepheniah  . . . . . . 808 . . .  3
 Haggai . . . . . . . . . 810 . . .   2
 Zechariah . . . . . . . 812 . . . 14
 Malachai  . . . . . . . 820 . . .  4



THE BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.

               PAGE. CHAPS.
MATTHEW  . . . . . . .   3 . . . 28
Mark . . . . . . . . . . .   35 . .  16
Luke . . . . . . . . . . .   56 . . . 24
John . . . . . . . . . . .   91 . . . 21
The Acts. . . . . . . . . 117 . .  28
Epistle to Romans . 150 . .  16
1 Corinthians . . . . 164 . . . 16
2 Corinthians . . . . 177 . . . 13
Galatians . . . . . . . 186  . . .  6
Ephesians  . . . . . . 190  . . .  6
Philippians . . . . . . 195  . . .  4
Colossians  . . . . . . 198  . . .  4
1 Thessalonians . . . 201 . . .  5
2 Thessalonians . . . 204 . . .  3
               PAGE. CHAPS.
 1 Timothy  . . . . . . 206 . . .   6
 2 Timothy  . . . . . . 209 . . .   4
 Titus . . . . . . . . . . 212 . . .   3
 Philemon . . . . . . . 214 . . .   1
 To the Hebrews  . . 215 . . . 13
 Epistle of James  . 225 . . .   5
 1 Peter  . . . . . . . . 228 . . .   5
 2 Peter  . . . . . . . . 232 . . .   3
 1 John  . . . . . . . . 234 . . .   5
 2 John  . . . . . . . . 238 . . .   1
 3 John  . . . . . . . . 238 . . .   1
 Jude . . . . . . . . . . 239 . . .   1
 Revelation   . . . . . 240 . . . 22



PREFACE

TO THE

ENGLISH VERSION


OF THE

HOLY BIBLE




The form in which this Volume now
appears, is altogether different from any
thing which has before been given to the Pub-
lic, but its originality will be found pre-emi-
nently to consist in a laborious and entirely
new Selection and Arrangement of Refe-
rences, in which it has been endeavoured
faithfully to exhibit the Scripture as its
own Expositor.
  The greatness of the advantages that
must accrue to a sincere and diligent rea-
der of the Sacred Pages, from having con-
stantly before him a reference to similar
and illustrative passages, carefully investi-
gated, and suitably applied, must be obvi-
ous to every one; and has been well under-
stood by many pious and able men, to
whose diligent and usefull labours the
Public is unspeakably indebted.
  References, however, have hitherto
been printed, almost exclusively, in the
margins of Bibles of a large size; and
the benefit resulting from them has, in
consequence, been very much restrict-
ed;--the only small Bible with Refe-
rences, in the English language, being
that published by Mr. Canne. The defects
of which are many; for though he was a
diligent student of the Scriptures, and his
work was at that time eminently service-
able, yet, as he was not in possession
of those helps, for the accomplishment of
the task which he had undertaken, that
are now afforded by many valuable
editions and comments, which have been
printed in different languages since
his time; and being, therefore, under the
necessity of relying cheifly on his own
industry; it is not surprising that he should
have been less successful than he would
otherwise have been. His references are
often only remotely applicable: he seems
frequently to have been guided more by
similarity of expression than by illustra-
tion: the errors in the letter-press are
numerous: many of the Marginal Readings
are omitted: the Chronology is altogether
left out: and all the References in this, as
in the larger Bibles, are placed in the mar-
gin of the text; by which they are render-
ed liable to be cut in binding, or worn
away by use, or bound so into the back of
the book as not to be easily read>
  On all these accounts, it has long appear-
ed exceedingly desireable that a NEW Bi-
ble, of convenient size for the Pocket, ori-
ginal in its plan, purpose, and execution,
shoudl be published; in which a MORE AP-
PROPRIATE and ACCURATE selection, adap-
tation, and Arrangement of References might
be introduced; both for the Assistance of
Private Readers, and to facilitate the ready
examination and quotation of passages,
which the Preacher, or the Biblical Stu-
dent, may have an immediate occasion to
cite, or to consult.
  Convenience and utility were, however,
to be equally consulted in all the parts of
the undertaking. If the size of the book
were too large, or the page too crowded,
so as to be made wearisome to the eye, its
convenience would be lessened; and if, in
the limits which these considerations im-
posed, great care wer not employed in
examining and applying the References, its
utility would in a great degree, be destroye-
ed. On mature deliberation, therefore, it
appeared best to adopt the plan here pre-
sented to the notice of the Public; in
which the Marginal Readings and Refe-
rences are all contained in a MIDDLE CO-
LUMN, between two of text; and the num-
introduced is sufficient, exceptin a few
pages only, completely to fill that column.
  The Chronology is always placed at the
top of this middle column, where it de-
notes the Date of the writing or transac-
tion contained in the text, at the begin-
ning of the page.
  The Marginal Readings contained in the
folio and quarto Bibles are all introduced;
the idioms of the original languages which
are preserved in many of them, and also
the various senses of particular words or
phrases, being in most instances instruc-
tive, and in all worthy to be known. But
it has not been thought necessary, in giv-
ing these readings, to insert such words as
are repeated in the text, and which would
therefore have frutlessly occupied a por-
tions of the space allotted to references.
  The Various Readings are referred to by
small figures placed immediately before the
words for which they are to be substituted;
and the References by Italic letters, which
are generally placed after the first or second
word of a verse, or clause of a verse,
when they are intended to illustrate the

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whole of that verse or clause: but when
the principal force fo the illustration
rests on a single word, the letter reference
is placed immediately after that word.
This has been the general rule; and the
exceptions have either been unavoidable,
or are quite immaterial.
  In referring to several relations of the
same facts, by different Writers in the Sa-
cred Volume, (as in the histories recorded
by the Four Evangelists, and in those con-
tained in the Books of Kings and Chroni-
cles,) the corresponding chapters, or parts
of chapters in each, having been once
noted at the beginning of the history or
subject, it has not been thought necessary
to repeaat those references in the subse-
quent verses, except where something
material is to be noticed. That also in
the prophecy of Obadiah, which relates
chiefly to the destruction of the Edomites,
the prophecies of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Eze-
kiel, and Amos, on the same subject, hav-
ing been once pointed out at the com-
mencement, are not again referred to.
And so in the history of our Lord's tempta-
tion, given in the fourth chapter of the
Gospel by St. Matthew, reference being
made from the first verse to the fourth
chapter of that by St. Luke, where the
same history is recorded, not further refe-
rence is made to that chapter in the subse-
quent verses; the connexion of the whole
being obvious, and the comparison easy.
More space has been thus retained for the
illustration of confirmation of the subjects
of sentences individually, which are com-
prised in the particular parts of the history
or discourse.
  For a similar reason, where the same
identical words, or nearly so, might be
found in a great number of texts, a few of
these only have been selected; --illustra-
tion, not repetition, having been the object
in view.
  The references, therefore, which fill the
middle column, have all been diligently
considered and applied witha a particular
attention to this specific end, that none
which were superfluous might be intro-
duced, while the most material purposes
to be answered by References might
nevertheless be effectiually secured.
  WHETHER the latitude or the limits of
such an undertaking be considered, it is
proper that the principles on which it has
been conducted should be so far explain-
ed, as that the Reader may be apprised of
what he is to expect from it, and in what
branches of religious inquiry it may most
materially assist him.
  In that grand enunciation of the dignity
and design of the Sacred Volume, which
is given by the Apostle Paul, (2 Tim. iii. 16,
17,) we are told, that "ALL SCRIPTURE IS
GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF GOD, AND IS
PROFITABLE FOR DOCTRINE, FOR REPROOF,
FOR CORRECTION, FOR INSTRUCTION IN
RIGHTEOUSNESS; THAT THE MAN OF GOD
MAY BE PERFECT, THOROUGHLY FURNISHED
INTO ALL GOOD WORKS." But is must be
evident, that the Scripture could not be
effectually profitable for these great ends
nor make the mand of God PERFECT,* if it
were at a variance with each other: if, not
withstanding all the variety of matter, and
multiplicity of detail, which such a book
required, the doctrines revealed, and the
moral duties enjoined, were not substan-
tially and essentially the same through-
out; and if all the parts did not concur in
the plan of the whole. To exhibit, then,
the harmony of the Sacred Writers, on the
subjects of which they treat, has been the
primary design of this selection. And as
there are some subjects of leading impor-
tance, in which all the rest are included,
and by means of which the harmony and
perfection of the Inspired Pages are writ-
ten, as with the beams of the sun; to
these, especial care and attention have
been devoted.
  I. It has appeared an object of the first
magnitude, that the reader of the Holy
Scriptures should be assisted by refe-
rences from text to text, so have constantly
in view the connexion of all the fivine at-
tributes, and the holy uniformity of God in
his government, both of his church, and
of the world. A display of the true charac-
ter and perfections of God is, without dis-
pute, on the chief design of the Inspired Vo-
lume. Here, as in Isaiah's miraculour vi-
sion, may Jehovah be seen, sitting upon a
throne, high and lifted up; his trin fills
the temple, and the Sacred Writers, like
the Seraphim, cover themselves, and cry
one to another, and say, HOLY, HOLY, HOLY
IS THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE WHOLE EARTH
IS FULL OF HIS GLORY. It is this which
gives to the Scripture its superlative gran-
deur. By it, God is known; his will is
promulgated; his pruposes are revealed;
his mercy is announced; and he is every
where exhibited as worthy of the sumpreme
adoration, love, service, and praise, of all
his intelligent creatures. Little do those
who neglect their Bibles think what re-
fined delight they lose, by thus turning
away their eyes from the most sublime,
the most glorious, and the most beatifying
object of contemplation, that the whole
univers affords.
  II. But this manifestation of the Divine
character and government is not presented
to us as a matter of mere speculation, in
which we have no immediate and personal
interest. the Holy Scriptures are design-
ed to promote the Glory of God BY THE
SALVATION OF MAN. The peculiar purpose
of the whole is, to turn men from dark-
ness to light, and from the power of Satan
to God; to raise them from the ruins of


  *'APTIOE, perfectus, integer, sunus, inco-
limis, consentatneus, consunmatus.

                Hedericks

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the Fall, and to put them in possession of
the blessings of Redemption; to lead them
from sin to holiness; to conduct them
through a state of conflict and trial on
earth, to a state of rest and felicity in hea-
ven; and so to assist and direct them in all
possible conditions in life, that they may
not fail of these great ends, except by their
own wilful rejection of the counsel of God
against themselves. The salvation of his
own soul should therefore be the grand
concern of every reader of the Scripture.
Here the immortality of the sould is brought
to light, and placed in unquestionable evi-
dence. Here its defection from original
purity is clearly demonstrated; the means
of its restoration are set forth, and its fu-
ture destiny id declared. It is an awful re-
sponsibility which they incur who wilfully
neglect this holy book, and adevote all their
time, and the powers of their minds, to
terrestrial, and subordinate objects. They
slight the pearl of greatest price, which is
no where else to be found; and seem as if
they were determined to frustrate, as far
as respects themselves, all that Divine wis-
dom and goodness have done to rescue the
immortal mind of man from spiritual igno-
rance, error, vanity, vice, and ruin. Those,
however, who are seeking to enjoy the
blessings which the Gospel reveals, will, as
they are able, search the Scriptures; and
such persons will receive great help from
having references at hand to assist their
inquiries. "It were to be wished," says
Bishop Horsely, "that no Bibles were
printed without References. Particular
diligence should be used in comparing the
parallel texts of the Old and New Testa-
ments. . . . It is incredible," he adds, "to
any one who has not made the experiment,
what a proficiency may be made in that
knowledge which maketh wise unto salva-
tion, by studying the Scriptures in this
manner, WITHOUT ANY OTHER COMMENTA-
RY, OR EXPOSITION, THAN WHAT THE DIF-
FERENT PARTS OF THE SACRED VOLUME
MUTUALLY FURNISH FOR EACH OTHER. Let
the most illiterate Christian study them in
this manner, and let him never cease to
pray for the illumination of that Spirit by
which these books were dictated: and the
whole compass of abstruse philosophy,
recondite history, shall furnish no argu-
ment with which the perverse will of man
shall be able to shake this learned Chris-
tian's faith."* So great and perfect is the
coincidence of every part of the Word of
God in the grand and merciful design of
the whole!
  III. This is more apparent, and the har-
mony and perfection of the Holy Scrip-
tures are rendered more peculiarly evident
and distinct, by the constant reference of
all its writers to our Lord and Saviour Je-
sus Christ. TO HIM GIVE ALL THE PRO-


  * Horsely's Nine Sermons, 224-238
PHETS WITNESS. Acts x, 40. The things
which were written int he law of Moses,
and in all the Prophets, and in the Psalms,
concern HIM; (Luke xxiv. 27, 44;) and
would come to nothing if he were separat-
ed from them. He is the bright and morn-
ing star; the true light that must lighten
every man who comes to see the glory of
Divine Revelation. Rev. xxi. 16. John i.
9. It has therefore been a chief desing of
this Work to connect and to exhibit the
testimony which all the Sacred Penmen
bear to that adorable Immanuel; to the
proper and unequivocal Divinity of his na-
ture, the necessity of his mediation, the
reality and design of his incarnation, his
spotless and exemplary life, his unparallel-
ed suffering, his vicarious death, the verity
of his resurrection and ascension into hea-
ven, the sufficiency of his righteousness,
the prevalence of his intercession, the
spirituality of his kingdom, his sovereignty
in the Church, his constant care and love
of his people, and the certainty of his se-
cond coming to raise the dead and judge
the world in righteousness; --grand and
sumblime truths, in which every individual
of the human race is deeply and eternally
interested.
  IV. The chief purpose of Christ's mission
being that such as believe on him might
be saved from sin, which is the trans-
gression of the Divine law, and from the
punishment due to it; it has been thought
important frequently to connect those
texts which speak of transgressions, with
those in which the law concerning them
is to be found, and in which punishment
is threatened; and sometimes with those
in which the atonement is set forth, and
pardon is proclaimed; or in which sancti-
fication is promised, or enforced; and
these again with such as relate to the fu-
ture happiness and glory which is promis-
ed to the faithful, or punishment and mise-
ry denounced against the impenitent. A
small body of divinity is sometimes com-
prised in a few texts connected together
in this way. Thus, from those words in
Ezek. xxii. 49. Ye shall bear the sins of
your idols,
the Reader is referred first to
Numb. xiv. 34, as a parallel passage
showing God visiting sin upon the trans-
gressors themselves; then to Numb. xviii.
23. to show th typical visitation of it
upon the Levitical pristhood; then to
Isaiah liii. 11. to show the prophetic de-
claration of its being laid on Christ; and,
lastly, to 1 Pet ii.24. to show the actual
fulfilment of that prophecy, and the end
to be answered by it: for there we are
told, that He that judgeth righteously, "his
own self, bare our sins in his own body on
the tree, that we, being dead to sin, should
live to righteousness."

  V. The concurrence of the Old and
New Testament with each other, and the
relation of the types before and under the
Mosaic law, to their completion under the

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Gospel have been studiously regarded, so
as to render it evident, that whatever va-
riations may have been made in the form
and administration of external worship,
true religion, under the former dispensa-
tions, was always essentially the same
as true religion under the present; that "he
is not a Jew which is one outwardly; nei-
ther is that circumcision which is out-
ward in the flesh: but he is a Jew which
is one inwardly; and circumcision is that
of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the
letter; whose praise is not of men, but
of God. For in every nation, he that
feareth God, and workth righteousness,
is accepted of him." Rom. ii. 28, 29. Acts
x. 35. In this, the revelation made before
the institution fo the Levitical priesthood
that made during its continuance, and that
which has been made since its termina-
tion, all agree. The Mosaic ritual was
the shadow of good things to come; so
were the priesthood and kingdom of Mel-
chisedec: and the body is Christ, who is
essentially the same, both in his person
and in his government, yesterday, to-day,
and for ever.
Heb. xiii. 8.
  VI. But the instruction diffused through
the Scriptures, respecting the gracious
and indispensable operations of the Holy
Ghost the Sanctifier, has not been forgot-
ten: and the references on this article will
show, that, as to his sacred influence on the
minds of the Inspired Penmen, we are
indebted for all the truths they have
taught us; so to his influence on the
minds of those who receive and regard
them, must such persons be indebted for
all they have learned, or can learn, of
them. His work completes the great de-
sign of the whole; and his assistance and
blessings are distinctly promised to all who
sincerely ask them.
  VII. As the Scriptures harmonize in
their primary and general objects, so do
they with regard to the particular subjects
comprehended in their plan. Historical
accounts are verified by other coincident
ones, or by accounts of the person or
places to which they refer. The prophe-
cies fo one Prophet, concerning events
which were to take place, relating either
to kingdoms, families, individuals, or the
world at large, are consistent with those
pronounced by other Prophets. The ac-
counts of ht Jewish polity under its vari-
ous vicissitudes, are confirmed by the writ-
ings of the Prophets who lived during or
after those vicissitudes; while the former
tend reciprocally to establish the authen-
ticity of the latter. The histories of the
Four Evangelists have a regular connec-
tion and parallelism, especially those of
Matthew, Mark, and Luke. the recital of
the transactions of the Apostles, after the
ascension of our Lord, strongly authenti-
cates the Apostolic Epistles; and Archdea-
con Paley ahs well shown the confirmation
which the Epistles of St. Paul derive from
the cirsumstances recorded by St. Luke
in his book of the Acts. Prophecies are
connected with their accomplishments, as
far as those accomplishments are included
in the Scripture History. Promises and
threatenings are connected with their re-
spective fulfilment; precept with exam-
ple, and with supplication; and the prayers
of believers with the answers they have
received. All these relations have been
carefully regarded in this compilation.
  VIII.Further, the Scriptures are not
merely intended to lead men to godliness:
they are intended also to exemplify it.
Repentance, Faith, Hope, charity, and De-
votion, are here exhibited in the most per-
fect models; and it has therefore entered
into the design of this Work to show the
corresponding emotinos and conduct of the
Saints, both of the Old Testament and the
New, when under the influence of those
dispositions, contemplations, and emo-
tions, which are most peculiarly charac-
teristice of true piety; and also to connect
the devotional parts of Scripture with
the occurrences which gave rise to them,
as far as they can be ascertained. Thus
is Religion known by its fruits: not as a
thing merely of times and circum-
stances: but a living principle in the
mind, which times and circumstances
call into action, and contribute to display.
  IX. The aphoristic and poetical parts of
the Sacred Writings are also connected, so
as to illustrate and enforce each other;
that the Reader may be constantly im-
pressed with those momentous truths,
and that sublime language with which
they abound, and which afford perpetual
food for the best exercises of the un-
derstanding, and the finest emotions of
the heart; at once furnishing materials
for the most rational entertainment, and
the most solid instruction. In this res-
pect, the Sciptures will be found to re-
semble the garden of Eden, in which the
Lord GOD has mane to grow every tree
that is pleasant to the sight, and good for
spiritual food. But no Cherubim or
flaming sword are here to prohibit ac-
cess to the Tree of Life. The children of
the second Adam may freely, and without
fear or interruption, now put forth their
hands to its soul-reviving fruit, and take,
and eat, and live for ever.
  X. The agreement of the Sacred Writers
with each other will be found not only to
exist in the subjects on which they treat,
but to extend to their own individual cha-
racters. It will appear that they were all
animated by the same Spirit; that they
were all holy men, speaking as they were
moved by the Holy Ghost, calling men
to holiness, as the indispensable requisite
to the enojyment of everlasting happiness,
--men, nevertheless, of like passions with
ourselves, conscious of their own natural
infirmity and sinfulness, and of the mercy
of God through Christ Jesus, aas their only

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refuge from his just displeasure. In short
they were men fearing God; loving God;
loving his character, his laws, his will; ad-
miring his great and wonderful purposes,
and voluntarily, deliberately, and determi-
nately devoting themselves to his service,
whatever it might cost them, and to what-
ever it might expose them. On all these
accoutns, they are held forth as examples,
whose faith, patience, and practice, Chris-
tians are to follow. 1 Cor. xi. 1. Heb. xiii.
7. Ja. v. 10.
  It is thus that the Scriptures are PROFT-
ABLE to all the purposes for which they are
destined, and are calculated to make the
man of God PERFECT, and throughly fur-
nished unto all good works. to the In-
spired Pages at large may be applied the
remarks of the excellent Bishop Horne (on
the Psalms.) "Indited under the influence
of Him, to whom all hearts are known, and
all events foreknown, they suit mankind
in all situations, grateful as the manna
which descended from above, and con-
formed itself to every palate. The fairest
productions of human with, after a few pe-
rusals, like gathered flowers, wither in our
hands, and lose their fragrancy; but these
unfading plants of Paradise become, as we
are accustomed to them, still more and
more beautiful; their bloom appears to be
daily heightened, fresh odours are emitted,
and new sweets extracted from them. He
who hath once tasted thei excellencies,
will desire to taste them yet again; and
he who tastes them oftenest will relish
them best."
  Happy in having laboured to facilitate
the acquaintance of the Christian with
this invaluable treasure, the Editor has
now only to implore the blessing of Him
by whom its exhaustless stores have been
bestowed on sinful man; and to hope that
his feeble endeavours may be instrumental
in advancing the Reader's edification, and,
in their humble measure, tend to promote
that happy state of things, so long foretold
and so ardently to be desired, in which
THE EARTH SHALL BE FILLED WITH THE
KNOWLEDGE OF THE GLORY OF JEHOVAH
AS THE WATERS COVER THE SEA. Heb. ii
14. Is. xi. 9.

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TABLES OF MEASURES, WEIGHTS, AND COINS.


                                1. The longer Scripture Measures.

 

Eng. miles. Paces. Feet. Dec.
A cubit    .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

 

0

0

1.824

400

A stadium     .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .    

 

0

45

4.6

2000

5

A Sabbath-day's journey    .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

 

0

29

3.0

4000

10

2

An Eastern mile    .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

 

1

103

1.0

12000

30

6

3

A parasang   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

 

4

153

3.0

96000

240

48

24

8

A day's journey   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

 

33

172

4.0

 
                                2. The Shorter Measures of length.

 

  Eng. feet Inch. Dc.
A digit     .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

 

 

0

0.912

4

A palm  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

 

 

0

3.640

12

3

A span    .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

 

 

0

10.944

24

6

2

A cubit     .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

 

 

1

9.888

96

24

8

4

A fathom   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

 

 

7

9.562

144

36

12

6

1.5

Ezekiel's reed   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .  

 

 

10

11.328

192

48

16

8

2

1.333

An Arabian pole    .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .  

 

 

14

7.104

1920

480

160

80

20

13.333

10

A schoenus, or measuring line     .   .   .   .  

 

 

145

11.04

 
                                3. Jewish Money reduced to English.

 

l.

s.

d.

A gerah  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

 

0

0

1.2687

10

A beka   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

 

0

1

1.6875

20

2

A shekel  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

 

0

2

3.375

1000

100

50

A maneh, or mina Hebriaca   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

 

5

14

0.75

60000

6000

3000

60

A talent  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

 

342

3

9

A solidus aureus, or sextula, was worth   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .  

 

0

12

0.5

A siclus aureus was worth   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

 

1

16

6

A talent of gold was worth   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

 

5475

0

0

Note. Silver is valued at 5s. and gold at 4l. per oz.        

 

                                4. Jewish Weights reduced to English Troy weight.

 

lb.

oz.

dwt.

gr. dec.

A gerah  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

0

0

0

10.38

10

A beka   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

0

0

4

1.6875

20

2

A shekel  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

0

0

9

3

1200

120

60

A maneh  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

2

3

7

12

60000

6000

3000

60

A talent  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

114

0

15

0

 
                                5. Jewish Measures for things liquid.

 

  Gall. Pints.
A caph  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

 

 

0

0.625

1.333

A log   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

 

 

0

0.839

5.333

4

A cab     .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

 

 

0

3.333

16

12

3

A bin   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

 

 

1

2

32

24

6

2

A seah     .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

 

 

2

4

96

72

18

6

3

A bath or ephah   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .  

 

 

7

4

192

48

16

8

2

1.333

A corus, homer, or chomer    .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .  

 

 

75

5

 

                                6. Jewish Measures for things dry.

 

English
Pecks.
Corn
Gall.
Measur
Pints.
A gachal    .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

 

0

0

0.1416

20

A cab   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

 

0

0

2.8333

36

1.8

An omer, or gomer     .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

 

0

0

5.1

120

6

3.333

A seah  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

 

1

0

1

360

18

10

3

A ephah     .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

 

3

0

3

1800

90

50

15

5

A letech   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .  

 

16

0

0

9600

180

100

30

10

2

A chomer, homer, or corus   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .  

 

32

0

1


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