Exodus 29:40

29:40 With the first lamb offer a tenth of an ephah ¹  of fine flour mixed with a fourth of a hin ²  of oil from pressed olives, and a fourth of a hin of wine as a drink offering.

Leviticus 19:36

19:36 You must have honest balances, ³  honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. ⁴  I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt.

Numbers 15:5

15:5 You must also prepare one-fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering ⁵  with the burnt offering or the sacrifice for each lamb. ⁶ 

¹ tn The phrase “of an ephah” has been supplied for clarity (cf. Num 28:5). The ephah was a commonly used dry measure whose capacity is now uncertain: “Quotations given for the ephah vary from ca. 45 to 20 liters” (C. Houtman, Exodus, 2:340-41).

² tn “Hin” is a transliterated Hebrew word that seems to have an Egyptian derivation. The amount of liquid measured by a hin is uncertain: “Its presumed capacity varies from about 3,5 liters to 7,5 liters” (C. Houtman, Exodus, 3:550).

³ tn Heb “balances of righteousness,” and so throughout this sentence.

⁴ sn An ephah is a dry measure which measures about four gallons, or perhaps one third of a bushel, while a hin is a liquid measure of about 3.6 liters (= approximately 1 quart).

⁵ sn The drink-offering was an ancient custom, mentioned in the Ugaritic tablets of Ras Shamra (14th century b.c.). The drink offering was poured out at the base of the altar (see Sir 50:15 and Josephus, Ant. 3.9.4 [3.234]).

⁶ tn Heb “for the one lamb,” but it clearly means “for each lamb.”