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Tenth Deal

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(עשָּׂרוֹן, ‘ issaron, a tenth; Sept. δεκατόν ), the tenth part, a measure of things dr, specially for grain and meal (Exodus 29:40; Leviticus 14; Numbers 15, 28, 29); more fully the tenth of an ephah (as the Sept. and Vulg. explain at 15:4), i.e. an omer, or about three and a half quarts (comp. Leviticus 5:15; Leviticus 6:13; Numbers 5:15). (See METROLOGY).