Luke 16:6
And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
And he said an hundred measures of oil,.... Or "baths of oil", the same quantity as in Ezra 7:22 where Aben Ezra {i} calls them, twdm, "measures", as we do here; and Jarchi {k} observes, that they were, twxnm lwlbl, "to mingle with the meal, or flour offerings"; which illustrates the above observation, that they were for the temple service; and the bath was the measure of oil, as the ephah was of wheat {l}; and they were both of the same quantity,
Ezekiel 45:11. According to Godwin {m} it held four gallons and a half; so that a hundred of them contained four hundred and fifty gallons; though some make the measure much larger. Some say the "bath" held six gallons, one pottle, and half a pint; and others, seven gallons, two quarts, and half a pint; and others, nine gallons, and three quarts.
Take thy bill, or "writing"; which showed the bargain made for so many measures; and which acknowledged the receipt of them, and promised payment:
and sit down quickly; for his case required haste;
and write fifty; just half; that it might appear he had bought but fifty, and was accountable for no more.
{i} In Ezr. vii. 22.
{k} In ib.
{l} Kimchi in Ezek. xlv. 14.
{m} Moses & Aaron, l. 6. c. 9.