BIBLE TERMS YOU SHOULD KNOW.
A day's journey was about 23 and l-slh. mm A cS *Sabbath day's journey, was about an English mile. . A cubit was nearly 22 inches. A hand's breadth was equal to three and fire-eighths inches. . A. finger's broaJib was equal to one ixusbA shekel of silver was about te fed. A shekel of prold was about £1 15s. A talent of silver was about £400. A talent of gold was about £2800. A penny of silver, or a penny, was Hid. A farthing was lid. A mite was less than half a jartnin^, A gerah was id. # An ephah, or bath, contained seven gallons and five pints. A firkin was about eight ana seveneighths gallons. An omer was six pints. A cab was three pints. —Good Words.
" That tired feeling " is not „ always caused by the weather, as some pborjle would have you believe. Thee fault' lies in some derangement of your digestive 5 organs. Your stomaoh is op* of" order, or; your liver haa became sluggish, and refuse* to perform its functions. All you neel ia a dose or two of Chanaberialn's Tabluia and that feeling of weariness will di** appeaars For' Bale- everywhere.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2809, 15 January 1908, Page 86
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200BIBLE TERMS YOU SHOULD KNOW. Otago Witness, Issue 2809, 15 January 1908, Page 86
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