Ezekiel 45:10
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10 (A)“You shall have just balances, a just ephah, and a just bath.[a]
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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
Micah 6:10-11
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10 Can I forget any longer the treasures[a] of wickedness in the house of the wicked,
and the scant measure that is accursed?
11 Shall I acquit the man (A)with wicked scales
and with a bag of deceitful weights?
Footnotes
- Micah 6:10 Or Are there still treasures
Amos 8:4-6
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4 Hear this, (A)you who trample on the needy
and bring the poor of the land to an end,
5 saying, “When will (B)the new moon be over,
that we may sell grain?
And (C)the Sabbath,
that we may offer wheat for sale,
that we may make (D)the ephah small and the shekel[a] great
and deal deceitfully with false balances,
6 that we may buy the poor for (E)silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals
and sell the chaff of the wheat?”
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.
Proverbs 11:1
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Leviticus 19:35-36
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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.
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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
Isaiah 5:10
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10 (A)For ten acres[a] of vineyard shall yield but one bath,
and a (B)homer of seed shall yield but an ephah.”[b]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:10 Hebrew ten yoke, the area ten yoke of oxen can plow in a day
- Isaiah 5:10 A bath was about 6 gallons or 22 liters; a homer was about 6 bushels or 220 liters; an ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters
Proverbs 21:3
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3 (A)To do righteousness and justice
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Proverbs 20:10
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:10 Or Two kinds of; also verse 23
Deuteronomy 25:15
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15 A full and fair[a] weight you shall have, a full and fair measure you shall have, (A)that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
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- Deuteronomy 25:15 Or just, or righteous; twice in this verse
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