²⁶ He cut his hair only once a year, and then only because it was so heavy. When he weighed it out, it came to five pounds!^[a]

²⁰ “They must neither shave their heads nor let their hair grow too long. Instead, they must trim it regularly.

¹⁴ Isn’t it obvious that it’s disgraceful for a man to have long hair?

⁹ During the battle, Absalom happened to come upon some of David’s men. He tried to escape on his mule, but as he rode beneath the thick branches of a great tree, his hair^[a] got caught in the tree. His mule kept going and left him dangling in the air.

Rules for the Princes

⁹ “For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Enough, you princes of Israel! Stop your violence and oppression and do what is just and right. Quit robbing and cheating my people out of their land. Stop expelling them from their homes, says the Sovereign Lord. ¹⁰ Use only honest weights and scales and honest measures, both dry and liquid.^{[a] 11} The homer^[b] will be your standard unit for measuring volume. The ephah and the bath^[c] will each measure one-tenth of a homer. ¹² The standard unit for weight will be the silver shekel.^[d] One shekel will consist of twenty gerahs, and sixty shekels will be equal to one mina.^[e]

Special Offerings and Celebrations

¹³ “You must give this tax to the prince: one bushel of wheat or barley for every 60^[f] you harvest, ¹⁴ one percent of your olive oil,^[g]

³⁶ Your scales and weights must be accurate. Your containers for measuring dry materials or liquids must be accurate.^[a] I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

¹⁶ So Abraham agreed to Ephron’s price and paid the amount he had suggested—400 pieces of silver, weighed according to the market standard. The Hittite elders witnessed the transaction.