volume · Mesopotamia / Levant · Antiquity

bath (biblical volume)

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Definition

bath (biblical volume) is a volume measurement concept whose value depends on the named historical, regional, textual, or commodity variant.

Reference value

common ref ≈22 L

History & use

Lipschits et al. argue First Temple 'bath' was a Judahite storage jar rather than a fixed liquid measure; Kletter argues for a fixed bath around 22 L.

Modern use

Retained primarily for historical, educational, or reference use rather than as a current standardized calculator unit.

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The scholarly disagreement is more valuable than pretending there is one unquestioned conversion.

Documented variants

Biblical bath (common scholarly reconstruction)

volume · Mesopotamia / Levant · Antiquity

One Biblical bath (common scholarly reconstruction) is understood to be about 0.022 cubic metres.

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Sources & evidence

Source tier Primary text + peer-reviewed scholarship · confidence Moderate

Related measurements

litre

volume · International · Modern

Non-SI unit accepted for use with the SI; 1 L = 1 dm³ = 10⁻³ m³.

millilitre

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1 mL = 10^-3 L = 10^-6 m³.

cubic metre

m³

volume · International · Modern

Coherent SI derived unit for volume, equal to metre cubed.