Tuesday, December 26, 2023

Table Showing Nephite Weights and Measures from Alma 11

  

Measures

Ratio

Barley/Grain

Silver

Gold

42

 

84 shiblon

6 onti (bribe)

6 limnah

7

1:56

14 shiblon

onti

limnah

4

1:32

8 shiblon

ezrom

Shum (Alma 11:9) /
shun (Alma 11:5)

2

1:16

4 shiblon

amnor

seon

1 ½

1:12

3 shiblon

3 shiblon

antion

1

1:8

2 shiblon (measure)

senum

senine

½

1:4

shiblon
(= ½ measure)

shiblon

 

¼

1:2

shiblum

shiblum

 

¼

1:1

leah

leah

 

 

Table taken from:

 

The Book of Mormon Study Guide: Start to Finish, ed. Thomas R. Valletta (rev ed.; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2019), 487

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