Ezekiel 45:10 Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
Hebrew: בַּת —transliteration: bath or bäth – is a Hebrew liquid measure. In the Bible it is described or defined as 1/10 of an homer (Ezekiel 45:10-14). It is found in the following verses, in addition to Ezekiel 45:10, 11, and 14: 1 Kings 7:26, 38; 2 Chronicles 2:10; 4:5; Ezra 7:22; Isaiah 5:10).
Based on measurements of unearthed jars, archaeologists believe a bath was approximately six gallons liquid measure.
The molten sea of the temple held nearly 12,000 gallons of water.
1 Kings 7:26 And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.
Notes: 1. My printing of the King James contains the umlauts above the letter “a” (bäth). 2. Some older authors suggest a bath was about 7 or 8 gallons.
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