LOG, an Hebrew Measure, which held a quarter of a Cab; and consequently five sixths of a Pint1. There is Mention of a Log, 2 Kings vi. 25 under the Name of a fourth Part of a Cab. But in Leviticus Lev. xiv. 12, 11. 24.the Word Log is often met with, and signifies that Measure of Oil, which Lepers were to offer at the Temple after they were cured of their Disease.
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Translators’ note. Log, says Doctor Arbuthnot, was a Measure of Liquids; the 72d Part of the Bath or Ephah, and 12th Part of the Hin, according to all the Accounts of the Jewish Writers, Tables of ancient Coins, &c. ↩