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There are numerous references to a "deal" in the Bible, always given as a fractional quantity and always in tenths (e.g. one tenth, two tenths, three tenths, etc.). We are getting conflicting information about this unit of measure, and many times it is plain ignored.

So, "Let's make a DEAL", hey "What's the DEAL?"

Any ideas as to why it is always fractional, why it is always in tenths, and to what other unit of measure is it relational? That is, a deal equals what? Or so many deals is a what? Or so many whats is a deal?

This is very interesting, and I'll have to investigate it. But I'll have to deal with it later....

I've never noticed that, brother. Thank you for pointing it out.

Now I'll have to study it...

(05-25-2010 09:49 AM)Daniel Wrote: [ -> ]There are numerous references to a "deal" in the Bible, always given as a fractional quantity and always in tenths (e.g. one tenth, two tenths, three tenths, etc.). We are getting conflicting information about this unit of measure, and many times it is plain ignored.

So, "Let's make a DEAL", hey "What's the DEAL?"

Any ideas as to why it is always fractional, why it is always in tenths, and to what other unit of measure is it relational? That is, a deal equals what? Or so many deals is a what? Or so many whats is a deal?

Wild guess: a "handy" concept to "grasp" because we have ten fingers?

I always considered it a constant throughout the Babylonian/Greek/Roman systems that "ten" was used as common measurement because it was a constant counting denomination as figers, troops, money, etc.
it was also the stride length of a soldier.( 3 ft., 1 meter, 10 ?)