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13 (A)You shall not keep two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and the other light; 14 nor shall you keep two different ephahs[a] in your house, one large and the other small. 15 But use a full and just weight, a full and just ephah, so that you may have a long life on the land the Lord, your God, is giving you. 16 For everyone who does these things, everyone who does what is dishonest, is an abomination to the Lord, your God.(B)

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  1. 25:14 Ephahs: see note on Is 5:10.

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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11 Balance and scales belong to the Lord;
    every weight in the sack is his concern.(A)

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11 Honest scales and balances belong to the Lord;
    all the weights in the bag are of his making.(A)

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“When will the new moon be over,” you ask,
    “that we may sell our grain,
And the sabbath,
    that we may open the grain-bins?
We will diminish the ephah,[a]
    add to the shekel,
    and fix our scales for cheating!(A)

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  1. 8:5 Ephah: see note on Is 5:10.

saying,

“When will the New Moon(A) be over
    that we may sell grain,
and the Sabbath be ended
    that we may market(B) wheat?”(C)
skimping on the measure,
    boosting the price
    and cheating(D) with dishonest scales,(E)

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10 Am I to bear criminal hoarding
    and the accursed short ephah?[a]
11 Shall I acquit crooked scales,
    bags of false weights?

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  1. 6:10 Ephah: see note on Is 5:10.

10 Am I still to forget your ill-gotten treasures, you wicked house,
    and the short ephah,[a] which is accursed?(A)
11 Shall I acquit someone with dishonest scales,(B)
    with a bag of false weights?(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 6:10 An ephah was a dry measure.