Genesis 23:16

23:16 So Abraham agreed to Ephron’s price ¹  and weighed ²  out for him ³  the price ⁴  that Ephron had quoted ⁵  in the hearing of the sons of Heth – 400 pieces of silver, according to the standard measurement at the time. ⁶ 

Leviticus 19:36

19:36 You must have honest balances, ⁷  honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. ⁸  I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 45:9-14

45:9 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Enough, you princes of Israel! Put away violence and destruction, and do what is just and right. Put an end to your evictions of my people, ⁹  declares the sovereign Lord. 45:10 You must use just balances, ¹⁰  a just dry measure (an ephah), ¹¹  and a just liquid measure (a bath). ¹²  45:11 The dry and liquid measures will be the same, the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, ¹³  and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure. 45:12 The shekel will be twenty gerahs. Sixty shekels ¹⁴  will be a mina for you.

45:13 “‘This is the offering you must offer: a sixth of an ephah from a homer of wheat; a sixth of an ephah from a homer of barley, 45:14 and as the prescribed portion of olive oil, one tenth of a bath from each kor (which is ten baths or a homer, for ten baths make a homer);

[23:16]  ¹ tn Heb “listened to Ephron.”

[23:16]  ² tn Heb “and Abraham weighed out.”

[23:16]  ³ tn Heb “to Ephron.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[23:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “silver.”

[23:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “that he had spoken.” The referent (Ephron) has been specified here in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[23:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “passing for the merchant.” The final clause affirms that the measurement of silver was according to the standards used by the merchants of the time.

[19:36]  ⁷ tn Heb “balances of righteousness,” and so throughout this sentence.

[19:36]  ⁸ 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).

[45:9]  ⁹ sn Evictions of the less fortunate by the powerful are described in 1 Kgs 21:1-16; Jer 22:1-5, 13-17; Ezek 22:25.

[45:10]  ¹⁰ sn Previous legislation regarding this practice may be found in Lev 19:35-36; Deut 25:13-16; Mic 6:10-12.

[45:10]  ¹¹ tn Heb “ephah,” which was 1/2 bushel.

[45:10]  ¹² tn Heb “bath,” a liquid measure, was 5 1/2 gallons.

[45:11]  ¹³ sn The homer was about 5 bushels as a dry measure and 55 gallons as a liquid measure.

[45:12]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, fifteen shekels.”