Deuteronomy 25:13
You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
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Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
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Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights,.... Or, "a stone and a stone" (y); it being usual, in those times and countries, to have their weights of stone, as it was formerly with us here; we still say, that such a commodity is worth so much per stone, a stone being of such a weight; now these were not to be different: a great and a small; great weights, to buy with them, and small weights, to sell with them, as the Targum of Jonathan paraphrases it. (y) אבן ואבן "lapis et lapis", Montanus, Vatablus, Piscator.
Honesty in trade, as a duty to our neighbor, is emphatically enforced once more (compare Lev 19:35-36). It is noteworthy that John the Baptist puts the like duties in the forefront of his preaching (compare Luk 3:12 ff); and that “the prophets” (compare Eze 45:10-12; Amo 8:5; Mic 6:10-11) and “the Psalms” Pro 16:11; Pro 20:10, Pro 20:23, not less than “the Law,” especially insist on them. Deu 25:13 Divers weights - i. e. stones of unequal weights, the lighter to sell with, the heavier to buy with.
Thou shalt not have . . . divers weights--Weights were anciently made of stone and are frequently used still by Eastern shopkeepers and traders, who take them out of the bag and put them in the balance. The man who is not cheated by the trader and his bag of divers weights must be blessed with more acuteness than most of his fellows [ROBERTS].
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Proverbs 11:1Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
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You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
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Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.
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Differing weights and unequal measures—both are detestable to the LORD.
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Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.
You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.
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Amos 8:5asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us…
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A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
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In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being…
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Proverbs 16:11Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.
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Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
