Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1909 — Bible Terms. [ARTICLE]

Bible Terms.

Frequently our Sunday school friends want to know some of the following bible terms. If you think them worth while, now is a good time to cut them out and put the clipping in a scrap book: A day’s journey was about twenty three and one-fifth miles. A Sabbath day’s journey was about an English mile. , A cubit was nearly twenty-two inches, r . ,’■ ■ ’. -i— ~~~ A hand’s breadth is equal to three and five-eighths inches. A finger’s breadth is equal to one inch. A sheckel of silver is about 50 cents. A sheckel of gold was SB. A tallent of silver was $538.30. A piece of silver or. a penny was 13 cents. 7 A farthing was 3 cents. A nite was less than a quarter of a cent. A gerah was a cent. An epah, or bath, contains seven gallons and five pints. A bln was one gallon and two pints. A firkin was seven pints. An omar was six pints.—Ex.