kSee Num. 28:11
Leviticus 19:35-36
35 a“You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity. 36 bYou shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin: ▼ I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.Proverbs 11:1
1 dA false balance is an abomination to the Lord,ebut a just weight is his delight.
Proverbs 16:11
11 fA just balance and scales are the Lord’s;all the weights in the bag are his work.
Proverbs 20:10
10 gUnequal ▼▼Or Two kinds of; also verse 23
weights and unequal measuresare both alike an abomination to the Lord.
Proverbs 21:3
3 iTo do righteousness and justiceis more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Amos 8:4-6
4 Hear this, jyou who trample on the needyand bring the poor of the land to an end,
5saying, “When will kthe new moon be over,
that we may sell grain?
And lthe Sabbath,
that we may offer wheat for sale,
that we may make mthe ephah small and the shekel ▼ great
and deal deceitfully with false balances,
6that we may buy the poor for osilver
and the needy for a pair of sandals
and sell the chaff of the wheat?”
Micah 6:10-11
10Can I forget any longer the treasures ▼▼Or Are there still treasures
of wickedness in the house of the wicked,and the scant measure that is accursed?
11Shall I acquit the man qwith wicked scales
and with a bag of deceitful weights?
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