He gave gold by weight for things of gold, for all articles used in every kind of service; also silver for all articles of silver by weight, for all articles used in every kind of service;

the weight for the lampstands of gold, and their lamps of gold, by weight for each lampstand and its lamps; for the lampstands of silver by weight, for the lampstand and its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand.

And by weight he gave gold for the tables of the showbread, for each table, and silver for the tables of silver;

also pure gold for the forks, the basins, the pitchers of pure gold, and the golden bowls—he gave gold by weight for every bowl; and for the silver bowls, silver by weight for every bowl;

and refined gold by weight for the altar of incense, and for the construction of the chariot, that is, the gold cherubim that spread their wings and overshadowed the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold; and he overlaid the upper area with gold.

And Solomon had all these articles made in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze was not determined.

Solomon’s Great Wealth

The weight of gold that came to Solomon yearly was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,

So the priests and the Levites received the silver and the gold and the articles by weight, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.

with the number and weight of everything. All the weight was written down at that time.

To establish a weight for the wind, And apportion the waters by measure.

The Folly of Wickedness

Dishonest scales are an abomination to the Lord, But a just weight is His delight.

Honest weights and scales are the Lord’s; All the weights in the bag are His work.

Diverse weights and diverse measures, They are both alike, an abomination to the Lord.

Diverse weights are an abomination to the Lord, And dishonest scales are not good.

A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, But a fool’s wrath is heavier than both of them.

And your food which you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time you shall eat it.

Moreover He said to me, “Son of man, surely I will cut off the supply of bread in Jerusalem; they shall eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and shall drink water by measure and with dread,

Shall I count pure those with the wicked scales, And with the bag of deceitful weights?

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,

“For his letters,” they say, “are weighty and powerful, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.”

The Race of Faith

Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

And great hail from heaven fell upon men, each hailstone about the weight of a talent. Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, since that plague was exceedingly great.