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Tenth deal

Measures & Money • Old Testament
A tenth deal was one-tenth of an ephah, also called an omer, used chiefly to measure flour for meal offerings and other sacrifices.
Biblical Usage
The recovered leper was required to present a tenth deal of flour with oil as part of the offerings connected with purification. The measure was also used in the sacrificial regulations.
Scripture References
Leviticus 14:10 Leviticus 14:21 Exodus 16:36 Exodus 29:40