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30 “‘You shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary; I am Yahweh.

31 “‘Don’t turn to those who are mediums, nor to the wizards. Don’t seek them out, to be defiled by them. I am Yahweh your God.

32 “‘You shall rise up before the gray head and honor the face of the elderly; and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.

33 “‘If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. 34 The stranger who lives as a foreigner with you shall be to you as the native-born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you lived as foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.

35 “‘You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity. 36 You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah,[a] and a just hin.[b] I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

37 “‘You shall observe all my statutes and all my ordinances, and do them. I am Yahweh.’”

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  1. 19:36 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
  2. 19:36 A hin is about 6.5 liters or 1.7 gallons.

30 (A)You shall keep my Sabbaths and (B)reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.

31 (C)“Do not turn to mediums or necromancers; do not seek them out, and so make yourselves unclean by them: I am the Lord your God.

32 (D)“You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall (E)fear your God: I am the Lord.

33 (F)“When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. 34 (G)You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and (H)you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

35 (I)“You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity. 36 (J)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. 37 And (K)you shall observe all my statutes and all my rules, and do them: I am the Lord.”

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 19:36 An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters; a hin was about 4 quarts or 3.5 liters