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Issue 86 Biblical Measures (Volume)

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### Description
The following terms are the most common units of volume used in the Bible to state how much a certain container could hold. The containers and measurements are given for both liquids (such as wine) and dry solids (such as grain). The metric values are not exactly equal to the biblical measures. The biblical measures probably differed in exact amount from time to time and place to place. The equivalents below are an attempt to give an average measurement.
The following terms are the most common units of volume used in the Bible to state how much a certain container could hold. The containers and measurements are given for both liquids (such as wine) and dry solids (such as grain). The biblical measures probably differed in exact amount from time to time and place to place. The liter equivalents below are based on the ephah and the bath being equal to 22 liters.
| Type | Original Measure | Liters |
| -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Dry | omer | 2 liters |
| Dry | ephah | 22 liters |
| Dry | homer | 220 liters |
| Dry | cor | 220 liters |
| Dry | seah | 7.7 liters |
| Dry | lethek | 114.8 liters |
| Liquid | metrete | 40 liters |
| Liquid | bath | 22 liters |
| Liquid | hin | 3.7 liters |
| Liquid | kab | 1.23 liters |
| Liquid | log | 0.31 liters |
| Type | Original Measure | Relationship | Liters |
| -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Dry | omer | 1/10 ephah | 2 liters |
| Dry | ephah | -------- | 22 liters |
| Dry | homer | 10 ephahs | 220 liters |
| Dry | cor | 10 ephahs | 220 liters |
| Dry | seah | 1/3 ephah | 7.3 liters |
| Dry | lethek | 5 ephahs | 110 liters |
| Liquid | metrete | -------- | 40 liters |
| Liquid | bath | -------- | 22 liters |
| Liquid | hin | 1/6 bath | 3.7 liters |
| Liquid | kab | 1/3 hin | 1.2 liters |
| Liquid | log | 1/4 kab | 0.3 liters |
### Translation principles