The peoples of the ancient Near East used a variety of standards of weights and measures, so that modern equivalents can only be approximate. The focus of Scripture is on the importance of keeping just weights and measures, and the prophets denounced those who used false balances and deceitful measures.

This set of themes consists of the following:

5615 weights
5617 measures, liquid
5618 measures, linear
5618 measures, linear
5619 distance & area
5621 wheel