Pound in Biblical History

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What is a Pound?
POUND
See Measures. In 1 Kgs 10:17; Ezra 2:69; Neh 7:71-72 it is the translation of the Hebrew manch; in the N.T. of mina, Luke 19:13, etc., and also of litra, John 12:3; the first and last words refer to quantity, the second to value as money. See Appendix, pp. 938, 939.

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