An interchangeable decimal system of dry and liquid measures is given, symbolic of just and righteous dealing. An ephah (dry measure) equals a bath (liquid measure), and ten of either is a homer or cor. The homer is about 75 gallons and the ephah and the bath, one tenth of a homer, or 7½ gallons each. (Ezek. 45:10-11). The table of weights is (Ezek. 45:12, etc.):

Grains		Avoirdupois
Talent	960,000	137 1/7 lb.	1
Maneh	16,000	2 1/4 lb.	60	1
Shekel	320	3/4 oz.	3,000	50	1
Beka	160	2/5 oz.	6,000	100	2	1
Gerah	16	1/27 oz.	60,000	1000	20	10	1

The measures of volume are to be used chiefly in connection with the sacrifices – so many ephahs of wheat or baths of oil as a meat or drink offering with a bullock, etc.

Numbers are used as symbols of completeness or perfection, or their opposites. The common conception of the symbolisms of numbers is:

One	Unity, self-sufficiency.
Two	Duality, couples.
Three	That in itself complete, invisible, infinite.
Four	That in which God reveals Himself completely, as the four cherubim, the four-sided altar, and the cubic shaped Most Holy.
Five	Used in connection with ten, completeness in the stage, degree, or power attained or ordained; or a relative imperfection.
Six	Secular completeness, or completeness according to the measure designed in the Word of God.
Seven	The sum of three and four; religious or Divine completeness or perfection; the covenant number. The half of seven (3½), the broken number, appears in connection with suffering.
Ten	The natural symbol of perfection, completeness, complete development, a complete and perfect whole.
Twelve	Three times four; the number of the covenant people; completeness of organization; national completeness.

Multiples or powers of these numbers combine or intensify their symbolism. FM571

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