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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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Footnotes

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

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

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

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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Footnotes

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