- 3) And the judge received for his wages according to his time—a senine of gold for a day, or a senum of silver, which is equal to a senine of gold; and this is according to the law which was given.
- 4) Now these are the names of the different pieces of their gold, and of their silver, according to their value. And the names are given by the Nephites, for they did not reckon after the manner of the Jews who were at Jerusalem; neither did they measure after the manner of the Jews; but they altered their reckoning and their measure, according to the minds and the circumstances of the people, in every generation, until the reign of the judges, they having been established by king Mosiah.
- 6) A senum of silver, an amnor of silver, an ezrom of silver, and an onti of silver.
- 7) A senum of silver was equal to a senine of gold, and either for a measure of barley, and also for a measure of every kind of grain.
- 11) And an amnor of silver was as great as two senums.
- 12) And an ezrom of silver was as great as four senums.
- 13) And an onti was as great as them all.
- 14) Now this is the value of the lesser numbers of their reckoning—
- 15) A shiblon is half of a senum; therefore, a shiblon for half a measure of barley.
Notes
I take the Mosiah who established these measures, to be Mosiah, son of Benjamin, rather than Benjamin's father. This is because the base values of gold and silver measures are given with reference to a day's labor of a judge, which is a position established by Mosiah, son of Benjamin. It could certainly be otherwise, (after all, values are also given as grain measures) but this is what seems to be suggested here.
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