Commentary for Menachot 153:8

אלא משום אונאה כי היכי דלא ליהוי ביטול מקח והא אמר רבא כל דבר שבמדה ושבמשקל ושבמנין אפילו פחות מכדי אונאה חוזר

But [you will say that the latter verse proves nothing as] we do not know how much the homer is, then the same applies to the former verse, since we do not know how much the homer is! - Rather it is derived from the following verse: And the set portion of oil, of the bath of oil, shall be the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is ten baths, even a homer; for baths are a homer.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 14. The cor was known to be thirty se'ahs, thus this verse informs us that the bath was a tenth part of the cor, i.e., three se'ahs; and the ephah and the bath were of one measure (ibid. 11) .');">⁷</span> Samuel said,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. B.B. 90a.');">⁸</span>

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