A ''log'' () is a biblical and

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unit of liquid

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. The word ''log'' occurs in the Bible, in Lev. 14:10, 15, 21 which prescribes the

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(''asham'', "guilt-offering") of a poor '' metzorah'': : :And if he be poor, and his means suffice not, then he shall take one he-lamb for a guilt-offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering, and a log of oil;

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The Talmud, citing the

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of an extra scriptural word ''ZeH'' "this," which equals twelve (seven plus five), explains that one

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is twelve log: :: :The Gemara elaborates: Now, one hin is twelve log, as it is written: “And of olive oil a hin” (Exodus 30:24), and it is written afterward in the same verse: “Sacred anointing oil, this 'zeh''shall be for Me, throughout your generations.” The numerical value ematriaof zeh is twelve. The Mishnah immediately preceding, which this Gemara comes to explain, states that a half-hin is six log. Thus a hin is twelve log. A list of conversions follows: * 1 ''hin'' = 12 ''logs'' * 1 ''log'' = 6 ''

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'' (egg)''Mishnah - with a Commentary of Moses ben Maimon'' (ed.

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), vol. 3,

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: Jerusalem 1967, s.v. Introduction to Tractate ''Menahoth'', p. 67 (Hebrew); a ''log'' has the capacity of six eggs. A ''hin'' is the equivalent of 12 logs.

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