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-Also called LEVI -(A receiver of customs (taxes for the Romans)) -Becomes a disciple of Jesus Mt 9:9, 10; 10:3; Mr 2:14, 15; 3:18; Lu 5:27-29; 6:15; Ac 1:13 -Surnamed JUSTUS -Chosen as an apostle in the place of Judas Ac 1:15-26 -1, A Levite who had charge of the baked offerings 1Ch 9:31 -2. A Levite musician 1Ch 15:18, 21; 16:5 -3. A chief of the fourteenth division (shift) of temple musicians 1Ch 25:3, 21 -4. An Israelite who divorced his Gentile wife after the captivity Ezr 10:43 -5. A prince who stood beside Ezra when he read the law aloud to the people Ne 8:4 -General scriptures concerning 1Sa 13:20, 21; Isa 7:25 -General scriptures concerning Pr 25:18 -Probably signs of the zodiac, see Job 38:32 -See MUSIC -A tower in Jerusalem Ne 3:1; 12:39 -See EATING -See FOOD -(The following modern equivalents of ancient measurements are based upon the latest research, and are as correct as is possible at this time) -DRY -1. A bushel, about a peck Mt 5:15; Mr 4:21; Lu 11:33 -2. A cab, or kab, about two quarts 2Ki 6:25 -3. A cor, equal to one homer or ten ephahs, equal to about eleven and one-ninth bushels 1Ki 4:22; 5:11; 2Ch 2:10; 27:5; Ezr 7:22 -4. An ephah, equal to three seah, and in liquid, to a bath, containing about a bushel and a half Ex 16:36; Le 5:11; 6:20; 19:36; Nu 5:15; 28:5; Jud 6:19; Ru 2:17; 1Sa 1:24; 17:17; Eze 45:10, 11, Isa 5:10; 13, 24; 46:5, 7, 11, 14; Am 8:5; Zec 5:6-10 -5. A half-homer, about five and a half bushels Ho 3:2 -6. A homer, about eleven bushels, equal to a cor or ten ephahs Le 27:16; Nu 11:32; Isa 5:10; Eze 45:11-14; Ho 3:2 -7. An omer, about one bushel Ex 16:16, 18 -8. A seah, about a peck and a half Ge 18:6; 1Sa 25:18; 2Ki 7:1, 1Ki 18:32; 16, 18 -9. A tenth deal, about a gallon, equal to one-tenth of an ephah Ex 29:40; Le 14:10, 21; 23:13, 17; Nu 15:4, 24:5; 6, 9; 28:9, 12, 13, 20, 29:3, 4, 9, 10, 21, 29; 14, 15 -LIQUID -1. A bath, about eight gallons and a half 1Ki 7:26, 38; 2Ch 2:10; 4:5; Ezr 7:22; Isa 5:10; Eze 45:10, 11, 14; Lu 16:6 -2. A firkin, nearly nine gallons Joh 2:6 -3. A hin, about a gallon and a half Ex 29:40; 30:24; Le 19:36; 23:13; 28:5, Nu 15:4-10; 7, 14; Eze 4:11 -4. A log, about a pint, one-twelfth of a hin Le 14:10, 12, 15, 21, 24 .See WEIGHTS -LINEAR -1. A finger Jer 52:21 -2. A handbreadth Ex 25:25; 37:12; 1Ki 7:26; 2Ch 4:5; Ps 39:5; Eze 40:5, 43; 43:13 -3. A span Ex 28:16; 1Sa 17:4; Isa 40:12; 48:13; La 2:20; Eze 43:13 -4. A cubit, the length of a man's forearm .See CUBIT -5. A reed, probably six cubits Eze 40:5 -6. A fathom Ac 27:28 -7. A pace 2Sa 6:13 -8. A furlong Lu 24:13 -9. A mile, probably nine-tenths of an English mile Mt 5:41 -10. A Sabbath day's journey, two thousand paces Ac 1:12 -MUST BE JUST Le 19:35, 36; De 25:13-16; Pr 11:1; 16:11; 20:10, 23; Ho 12:7-9; Mic 6:10-12 .See DISHONESTY .See INTEGRITY
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OFFERINGS, MEAT
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