Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
A Jewish liquid measure, varying from 4.75 to 6.5 gallons.
Concise Bible Dictionary:
From Manners and Customs of the Bible:
The bath was a measure of liquids, such as wine and oil, and was of the same capacity as the ephah in dry measure. See note on Exodus 16:3636Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. (Exodus 16:36) (#125). It is supposed to have contained nearly nine gallons. It is referred to also in Isaiah 5:1010Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah. (Isaiah 5:10). The “measures,” mentioned in Luke 16:66And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. (Luke 16:6), are baths.
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