MODIUS. St. Jerome often makes Use of the Latin Word Modius to describe an Epha: In Ch. ii. ℣ 7, of Ruth, he determines an Epha Lev. xix. 36. xxvii. 16. Deut. xxv. 14, 15. Judg. v. 19. Ruth ii. 17, &c. Josh. xv. 26. xix. 2to be tres Modii: In 1 Sam. i. 24. he translates Ephi, tres Modios; in another Place Amphoram. The Septuagint generally render it Mensuram. Now the Epha, Ephi, or Bath compared with our Measures, contains about three Pecks and two Pints.
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