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

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A trader in whose hands are false balances,
    he loves to oppress.(A)

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Weights and Measures

10 “You shall have honest balances, an honest ephah, and an honest bath.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 45.10 A Heb measure of volume

13 “You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, large and small.(A) 14 You shall not have in your house two kinds of measures, large and small. 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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35 “You shall not cheat in measuring length, weight, or quantity. 36 You shall have honest balances, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin: I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

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11 Can I tolerate wicked scales
    and a bag of dishonest weights?(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)

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23 Differing weights are an abomination to the Lord,
    and false scales are not good.

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