Measures & money
Homer
A large unit of volume, equal to ten ephahs or ten baths in Ezekiel’s system of measures.
Also called · kor
What it means
Ezekiel 45 uses the homer as the standard for the ephah and bath. In the rule for oil, it makes a cor equal to ten baths, the same capacity as a homer.
Leviticus 27 values a field dedicated to the LORD according to the barley seed needed to sow it. A homer of seed is valued at fifty shekels of silver, with the valuation adjusted for the years remaining until Jubilee.
How it appears in the Bible
Isaiah 5 describes a poor harvest in which a homer of seed yields only an ephah. Hosea 3 includes a homer and a half of barley among the silver and grain Hosea pays for the woman.
Translation note
Homer is distinct from omer in Exodus 16. In these passages, an omer is one tenth of an ephah, while a homer is ten ephahs.