Deuteronomy 25:13
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13 “You (A)shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a large and a small.
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Proverbs 11:1
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Amos 8:5
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5 saying, “When will (A)the new moon be over,
that we may sell grain?
And (B)the Sabbath,
that we may offer wheat for sale,
that we may make (C)the ephah small and the shekel[a] great
and deal deceitfully with false balances,
Footnotes
- Amos 8:5 An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters; a shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
Proverbs 16:11
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11 (A)A just balance and scales are the Lord's;
all the weights in the bag are his work.
Leviticus 19:35-37
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35 (A)“You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity. 36 (B)You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin:[a] I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. 37 And (C)you shall observe all my statutes and all my rules, and do them: I am the Lord.”
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- Leviticus 19:36 An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters; a hin was about 4 quarts or 3.5 liters
Micah 6:11-12
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11 Shall I acquit the man (A)with wicked scales
and with a bag of deceitful weights?
12 Your[a] rich men are (B)full of violence;
your inhabitants (C)speak lies,
and (D)their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Footnotes
- Micah 6:12 Hebrew whose
Ezekiel 45:10-11
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10 (A)“You shall have just balances, a just ephah, and a just bath.[a] 11 The ephah and the bath shall be (B)of the same measure, (C)the bath containing one tenth of a homer,[b] and the ephah one tenth of a homer; the homer shall be the standard measure.
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- Ezekiel 45:10 An ephah was about 3/5 of a bushel or 22 liters; a bath was about 6 gallons or 22 liters
- Ezekiel 45:11 A homer was about 6 bushels or 220 liters
Proverbs 20:10
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:10 Or Two kinds of; also verse 23
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