THEOSISTheodoret of Cyrus
God instructs that the priests should be given land in the outskirts of the city, extending ten thousand cubits from east to west and from north to noon, along with an area of twenty-five thousand cubits. This provision is made so that they may, as stated, utilize the tithes and the offerings of the firstborn, finding solace in the land, enabling them to live in satisfaction, uphold righteousness, avoid coveting more, and refrain from causing harm to the people. As it is written in Ezekiel 45:9: "Ye elders of Israel, reject unrighteousness and malevolence, but let judgment and righteousness prevail; remove violence from among the people, saith the Lord Adonai."
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He then provides regulations regarding weights and measures, emphasizing that fairness and integrity must be maintained in these matters, specifying that a uniform standard is to be upheld in both receiving and giving. He informs us that a kor equals ten homors, with each homor made up of ten quinixes, resulting in a total of one hundred quinixes per kor; he states that an ephi is equivalent to a quinix. He decrees that a mina consists of fifty shekels, and each shekel is worth twenty ovols. He identifies ten kotyls of oil as a homor, which he has designated as one-tenth of a korah.
Moreover, he mandates that the offering of wheat and barley equals one-sixth of the homor or half of the medimn, known to us as medimn; given that there are thirty medimn in a korah, the homor must reflect one-tenth of the aforementioned korah, indicating that the homor should contain three medimn, and one-sixth of three medimn amounts to half of the medimn. Additionally, he commands that of ten kotyls, one kotyl is to be presented, along with a tenth from the flock.
All these offerings are to be delivered to the elder for the required sacrifices so that on festivals, new moons, and sabbaths, he may carry out sacrifices and intercede with God on behalf of the people. He also instructs what actions to take during the new month of the tenth month, the fourteenth day, and likewise in the seventh month, referring to the offerings of the seventh month as sacrifices. For it is written: "The sacrifice of unleavened bread to the calf, and of unleavened bread to the ram, and of oil to the unleavened calf." In the version translated from Syrian, the term used is synonymous with gemina.