People's New Testament

Measures of Dry Things

• The Cab, somewhat above two pints.
• The Omer, above five pints.
• The Seah, one peck and about half a pint.
• The Ephah, three pecks and about three pints.
• The Letech, about four bushels.
• The Homer, about eight bushels.
• The Choenix (Rev.6:6) was the daily allowance to maintain a slave. It contained about a quart, some say only a pint and a half. When this measure was sold for a denarius, or Roman penny, corn must have been above twenty shillings an English bushel, which indicates a scarcity next to famine. 15