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13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small. 14 Thou shalt not have in thy house diverse measures, a great and a small. 15 A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee. 16 For all that do such things, even all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.

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13 “There shall not be for your use[a] in your bag two kinds of stone weights, a large one and a small one.[b] 14 There shall not be in your house for your use[c] two kinds of measures.[d] 15 Rather a full and honest weight shall be for your use;[e] there shall be for you a full and honest measure,[f] so that your days on the land that Yahweh your God is giving to you may be long. 16 For detestable to[g] Yahweh your God is everyone who is doing such things,[h] everyone who is acting[i] dishonestly.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 25:13 Literally “to you”
  2. Deuteronomy 25:13 Literally “stone and stone large and small”
  3. Deuteronomy 25:14 Literally “for you”
  4. Deuteronomy 25:14 Literally “ephah and ephah large and small”
  5. Deuteronomy 25:15 Literally “for you”
  6. Deuteronomy 25:15 Literally “an ephah”
  7. Deuteronomy 25:16 Or “for”
  8. Deuteronomy 25:16 Or “are all whoare doing”
  9. Deuteronomy 25:16 Or “all whoare acting”

13 Do not have two differing weights in your bag—one heavy, one light.(A) 14 Do not have two differing measures in your house—one large, one small. 15 You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long(B) in the land the Lord your God is giving you. 16 For the Lord your God detests anyone who does these things, anyone who deals dishonestly.(C)

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