Isaiah 5:10
For ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.”
Note Literally ten yoke of vineyard will yield a bath; that is, the area ten yoke of oxen can plow in a day will yield approximately 5.8 gallons or 22 liters of wine.
Note Literally and a homer of seed will yield an ephah; that is, a homer of seed (approximately 6.24 bushels or 220 liters) will yield a tenth of its weight in grain.
Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.
For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah.”
Note literally, ten yokes, or the amount of land that ten yokes of oxen can plow in one day, which is about 10 acres or 4 hectares.
Note 1 bath is about 22 liters or 5.8 U. S. gallons
Note 1 homer is about 220 liters or 6 bushels
Note 1 ephah is about 22 liters or 0.6 bushels or about 2 pecks—only one tenth of what was sown.
For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah.
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