“The Seed of a Homer Shall Yield an Ephah”

K. Douglas Bassett

Isa. 5:10

“The lands of the wealthy will become extremely unproductive. Ten acres represents the amount of land that ten yoke of oxen can plow in a day, or the equivalent of five acres of land by our modern measurement. From this acreage, the yield will be only one bath (four to eight gallons of wine). One homer of seed (about six bushels) will yield only an ephah of produce (four to six gallons of dry measure).” (Hoyt W. Brewster, Jr., Isaiah Plain and Simple, p. 47)

Latter-Day Commentary on the Book of Mormon

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