I found these terms in a very old Bible with a note, “Here is a table which it would be well for us to cut out or copy for reference in our Bible studies: It was copied from a January 17, 1895 newspaper. I have no idea if it was a local or Knoxville paper.

A day’s journey was about twenty three and one fifth miles.

Ezekiel’s reed was nearly eleven feet.
A Sabbath day’s journey was about an English mile.
A cubit was nearly twenty two inches.
A hand’s breadth is equal to three and five-eights inches.
A finger’s breadth is equal to one inch.
A shekel of silver was about fifty cents.
A shekel of gold was eight dollars.
A talent of silver was five hundred and thirty-eight dollars and thirty cents.
A talent of gold was thirteen thousand, eight hundred and nine dollars.
A piece of silver, a penny, was thirteen cents.
A mite was less than a quarter of a cent.
An ephah, or bath, contained seven gallons and five pints.
A hin was one gallon and two pints
A firkin was about eight and seven-eights gallons.
An omer was six pints.
A cab was three pints
A farthing was three cents.
A gerah was one cent.

On the back was the list was the following, “Special terms and advantages for Public School Teachers. By the time you read to the last sentence you realize–it’s an advertisement of a college:
Educational center advantages unequaled, home comforts, sanitary appointments and matronly supervision of first-class order, with a quarter of a century of history and an assured and unthreatened and unthreatenable future, with a selecter, happier patronage, and outriding these troublous times, in greater financial safety and strength the college holds a welcome for all new comers.

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