Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1916 — BIBLE TERMS [ARTICLE]

BIBLE TERMS

A farthing was l%d. A cubit was nearly 22 inches. # - A shekel of silver is about 2s 6h. A shekel of gold was about £1 15s. A talent of silver was about £IOO. A talent of gold was about £2,800. A mite was less than half a farthing. A finger’s breadth was equal to one inch. j A penny of silver, or a penny, was B%d. A day’s Journey was about 23 1-5 miles. A Sabbath day’s journey was about an English mile. 0 A hand’s breadth was equal to three and five-eighths inches. .■ f An ephah, or bath, contained seven gallons and five pints.