Units — H
Biblical units starting with the letter H — click any entry to open its page when available.
3 units
Hand's breadth
A hand's breadth is a unit of width. The table of the Dwelling is fitted with struts of a hand's breadth, with a gold moulding round them.
Exodus 25LengthDwellingHin
The hin is a liquid measure. With the first daily lamb, one-quarter of a hin of pounded olive oil is mixed with the flour, and one-quarter of a hin of wine is poured as a libation. The holy anointing oil is blended with one hin of olive oil.
Exodus 29-30Liquid measureSacrificeHomer
The homer is the daily manna ration in Exodus 16: each person collects a homer per head. On the sixth day they collect two homer. Moses has Aaron fill a jar with a homer of manna and store it before the Testimony. Verse 36 defines its value: a homer is one-tenth of an ephah.
Exodus 16Dry measureManna ration