Who was put to death by a plague? What's the shortest verse? 446 pages of Bible prize questions, enigmas and curiosities that Victorian Sunday schools competed over.

Reduced to English Corn Measure

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Reduced to English Corn Measure

A gachal. 20 = A cab 36 = 1.3 An omer or comer. 120 = 6 3-3 = A seah 360 = 18 1800 = 90 3600 - 130 10 3 = An ephah 50 = 15 = 5 = A letech…

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