Topic
Measures
41 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 6:15Torrey OF LENGTH — Cubit
And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
- Genesis 6:16Torrey OF LENGTH — Cubit
A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
- Exodus 16:36Torrey OF LIQUIDS AND SOLIDS — Omer or tenth-deal (the tenth of an ephah)
Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
- Exodus 25:25Torrey OF LENGTH — Handbreadth
And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
- Exodus 28:16Torrey OF LENGTH — Span
Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.
- Exodus 29:40Torrey OF LIQUIDS AND SOLIDS — Hin
And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering.
- Leviticus 5:11Torrey OF LIQUIDS AND SOLIDS — Omer or tenth-deal (the tenth of an ephah)
¶ But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense…
- Leviticus 14:10Torrey OF LIQUIDS AND SOLIDS — Log
And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.
- Leviticus 14:15Torrey OF LIQUIDS AND SOLIDS — Log
And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand:
- Leviticus 19:35Torrey The Jews not to be unjust in
¶ Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
- Deuteronomy 3:11Torrey OF LENGTH — Cubit
For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.
- Deuteronomy 25:14Torrey The Jews not to be unjust in
Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.
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- Deuteronomy 25:15 Torrey The Jews not to be unjust in
- 1 Samuel 17:4 Torrey OF LENGTH — Span
- 2 Samuel 8:2 Torrey Distances measured by rods and lines
- 2 Kings 6:25 Torrey OF LIQUIDS AND SOLIDS — Cab
- 1 Chronicles 23:29 Torrey Were regulated by the standard of the sanctuary
- Job 28:23 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (Weighing the waters in a measure,) of God's infinite wisdom
- Job 28:25 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (Weighing the waters in a measure,) of God's infinite wisdom
- Psalms 39:4 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (The measure of our days,) of the shortness of life
- Psalms 39:5 Torrey OF LENGTH — Handbreadth
- Psalms 80:5 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (Drinking tears in great measure,) of severe afflictions
- Proverbs 20:10 Torrey Unjust, an abomination to God
- Isaiah 5:10 Torrey OF LIQUIDS AND SOLIDS — Bath or ephah
- Isaiah 5:14 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (Opening the mouth without measure,) of the insatiableness of hell
- Isaiah 40:12 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (Measuring the dust of the earth,) of God's greatness
- Jeremiah 30:11 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (Correcting in measure,) of mitigated afflictions
- Jeremiah 31:39 Torrey Distances measured by rods and lines
- Ezekiel 4:11 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (Drinking water, by measure) of severe famine
- Ezekiel 4:16 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (Drinking water, by measure) of severe famine
- Ezekiel 40:3 Torrey Distances measured by rods and lines
- Ezekiel 45:11 Torrey OF LIQUIDS AND SOLIDS — Bath or ephah
- Ezekiel 45:14 Torrey OF LIQUIDS AND SOLIDS — Homer or Cor
- Micah 6:10 Torrey The Jews often used unjust
- Matthew 5:41 Torrey OF LENGTH — Mile
- Luke 24:13 Torrey OF LENGTH — Furlong
- John 2:6 Torrey OF LIQUIDS AND SOLIDS — Firkin
- John 11:13 Torrey OF LENGTH — Furlong
- Acts 27:28 Torrey OF LENGTH — Fathom
- Ephesians 4:13 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (The measure of the stature of Christ,) of perfection
- Revelation 21:16 Torrey Distances measured by rods and lines
In the reference works
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 0 references
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 43 references, grouped by sub-topic
- Unjust, an abomination to God Pr 20:10
- The Jews not to be unjust in Le 19:35; De 25:14,15
- The Jews often used unjust Mic 6:10
- OF LIQUIDS AND SOLIDS
- OF LENGTH
- Distances measured by rods and lines 2Sa 8:2; Jer 31:39; Eze 40:3; Re 21:16
- Were regulated by the standard of the sanctuary 1Ch 23:29
- ILLUSTRATIVE
- (Correcting in measure,) of mitigated afflictions Jer 30:11
- (Drinking tears in great measure,) of severe afflictions Ps 80:5
- (Weighing the waters in a measure,) of God's infinite wisdom Job 28:23,25
- (Measuring the dust of the earth,) of God's greatness Isa 40:12
- (The measure of our days,) of the shortness of life Ps 39:4
- (Drinking water, by measure) of severe famine Eze 4:11,16
- (The measure of the stature of Christ,) of perfection Eph 4:13
- (Opening the mouth without measure,) of the insatiableness of hell Isa 5:14
Texts: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.