OMER
Omer
The omer is an ancient Israelite unit of dry measure used in the era of the Temple in Jerusalem. It is used in the Bible as an ancient unit of volume for grains and dry commodities, and the Torah mentions as being equal to one tenth of an ephah. The ephah was defined as being 72 logs, and the log was equal to the Sumerian mina, which was itself defined as one sixtieth of a maris; the omer was thus equal to about of a maris. The maris was defined as being the quantity of water equal in weight to a light royal talent, and was thus equal to about 2.2 litres, making the ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Omer (unit)
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