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35 “You shall not cheat in measuring length, weight, or quantity.

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13 “You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, large and small.(A)

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15 You shall have only a full and honest weight; you shall have only a full and honest measure, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

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For the judgment you give will be the judgment you get, and the measure you give will be the measure you get.

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God Challenges Israel

Hear what the Lord says:
    Rise, plead your case before the mountains,
    and let the hills hear your voice.(A)

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12 In you, they take bribes to shed blood; you take both advance interest and accrued interest and make gain of your neighbors by extortion, and you have forgotten me, says the Lord God.(A)

13 See, I strike my hands together at the dishonest gain you have made and at the blood that has been shed within you.

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10 Diverse weights and diverse measures
    are both alike an abomination to the Lord.(A)

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11 Honest balances and scales are the Lord’s;
    all the weights in the bag are his work.(A)

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11 A false balance is an abomination to the Lord,
    but an accurate weight is his delight.(A)

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15 “You shall not render an unjust judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great: with justice you shall judge your neighbor.(A)

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saying, “When will the new moon be over
    so that we may sell grain,
and the Sabbath,
    so that we may offer wheat for sale?
We will make the ephah smaller and the shekel heavier
    and practice deceit with false balances,(A)
buying the poor for silver
    and the needy for a pair of sandals
    and selling the sweepings of the wheat.”(B)

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