mSee Lev. 19:35, 36
Leviticus 19:36
36 aYou 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.Deuteronomy 25:13-16
13“You cshall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a large and a small. 14You shall not have in your house two kinds of measures, a large and a small. 15A full and fair ▼▼Or just, or righteous; twice in this verse
weight you shall have, a full and fair measure you shall have, ethat your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. 16For fall who do such things, all who act dishonestly, gare an abomination to the Lord your God. Proverbs 11:1
1 hA false balance is an abomination to the Lord,ibut a just weight is his delight.
Proverbs 16:11
11 jA just balance and scales are the Lord’s;all the weights in the bag are his work.
Proverbs 20:23
23 kUnequal weights are an abomination to the Lord,and lfalse scales are not good.
Ezekiel 45:10-12
10 m“You shall have just balances, a just ephah, and a just bath. ▼ 11The ephah and the bath shall be oof the same measure, pthe bath containing one tenth of a homer, ▼▼A homer was about 6 bushels or 220 liters
and the ephah one tenth of a homer; the homer shall be the standard measure. 12 rThe shekel shall be twenty gerahs; ▼ twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels shall be your mina. ▼▼A mina was about 1 1/4 pounds or 0.6 kilogram
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