Leviticus 19:36
Just balances.Pr 11:1weights. Heb. stones. I am. See onEx 20:2Deuteronomy 25:13-16
in thy bag.Le 19:35,36; Pr 11:1; 16:11; 20:10; Eze 45:10,11; Am 8:5Mic 6:11,12divers weights. Heb. a stone and a stone.{Aivenwäaiven;} because weights were anciently made of stone. Hence the expression, a stone weight, which is still in use, though the matter of which it is made be lead or iron, and the name itself shews us that a stone of a certain weight was formerly used. divers measures. Heb. an ephah and an ephah.{Aiphah wäaiphah;} for this was the cost common measure among the Israelites, by which all the others were made and adjusted. They are not only forbidden to use divers weights and measures, one large or heavy to buy with, and another small and light to sell with, but they were not even allowed to keep such in the house. It is observable also, that these too common but dishonest actions are branded as "an abomination to the Lord," equally with idolatry, and other scandalous crimes. 14 that thy days.4:40; 5:16,33; 6:18; 11:9; 17:20; Ex 20:12; Ps 34:12; Eph 6:31Pe 3:10 all that do.18:12; 22:5; Pr 11:1; 20:23; Am 8:5-7; 1Co 6:9-11; 1Th 4:6; Re 21:27Proverbs 11:1
16:11; 20:10,23; Le 19:35,36; De 25:13-16; Ho 12:7; Am 8:5,6Mic 6:10,11a just weight. Heb. a perfect stone.16:11; Eze 45:10-12Proverbs 16:11
just.11:1; 20:10,23; Le 19:35,36; De 25:13-15; Eze 45:10; Ho 12:7Am 8:5; Mic 6:11weights. Heb. stones.Proverbs 20:23
weights.10; Eze 45:10a false balance. Heb. balances of deceit.Ho 12:7; Am 8:5Ezekiel 45:10-12
Le 19:35,36; Pr 11:1; 16:11; 20:10; 21:3; Am 8:4-6; Mic 6:10,11 ephah.The {ephah} was a dry measure, and the {bath} a liquid measure, containing about seven gallons, four pints, or three pecks, three pints; and the {homer} about seventy-five gallons, five pints. Isa 5:10 the shekel.Ex 30:13; Le 27:25; Nu 3:47twenty shekels.That is, 20 + 25 + 15 = 60; for the {maneh} as a weight was equal to sixty shekels, though as a coin it was only equal to fifty, weighing about 2 lb. 6 oz.; and reckoning the shekel at 2s. 6d. being in value 6£. 5s.
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