Ezekiel 45:10
in Ezekiel 45You must use honest scales, a just ephah, and a just bath.
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ASV
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
KJV
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
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This verse in Ezekiel 45
Commentary
3 notes on this verseon Ezekiel 45:10-12
(Chapter 45, verses 10 and following) 'A fair balance and a fair ephah and a fair bath shall be for you. The ephah and the bath shall be of the same measure, so that the bath may contain a tenth part of a homer, and the ephah a tenth part of a homer: their measure shall be according to the homer. Now a shekel has twenty obols. Furthermore, twenty shekels, and twenty-five shekels, and fifteen shekels make a mina.'
This site's exposition
Ye shall have just balances
on Ezekiel 45:10-12
The command for just balances, a just ephah and a just bath sets one honest standard for dry and liquid measure alike, the bath and the ephah both a tenth of the homer, and fixes the shekel at twenty gerahs so the maneh cannot be quietly redefined. Clarke reads the ruling against the ancient habit of keeping one weight to buy with and a lighter one to sell with, the very fraud Amos and Micah name. Honest measure stands here beside honest worship as one requirement, not two.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Ye shall have just balances - This appreciation of weights, measures, and money was intended to show them that they must not introduce those to which they had been accustomed in the captivity, but those which God had prescribed to their forefathers. See the notes on the parallel places.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מֹֽאזְנֵי־ | mozenei- | balances of | H3976 → | |
| צֶ֧דֶק | tzedek | righteousness | H6664 → | 119 times |
| וְאֵֽיפַת־ | veeifat- | and an ephah of | H374 → | 40 times |
| צֶ֛דֶק | tzedek | righteousness | H6664 → | 119 times |
| וּבַת־ | uvat- | and a bath of | H1324 → | 13 times |
| צֶ֖דֶק | tzedek | righteousness | H6664 → | 119 times |
| יְהִ֥י | yehi | let it be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לָכֶֽם׃ | lakhem | to you |
מֹֽאזְנֵי־balances of
mozenei-H3976 →
צֶ֧דֶקrighteousness
tzedekH6664 →119 times
וְאֵֽיפַת־and an ephah of
veeifat-H374 →40 times
צֶ֛דֶקrighteousness
tzedekH6664 →119 times
וּבַת־and a bath of
uvat-H1324 →13 times
צֶ֖דֶקrighteousness
tzedekH6664 →119 times
יְהִ֥יlet it be
yehiH1961 →3559 times
לָכֶֽם׃to you
lakhem
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Proverbs 11:1Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
it leads to
- Proverbs 20:23
Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 25:13–16
You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
- Proverbs 16:11
Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.
- Leviticus 19:35–36
You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.
- Proverbs 20:10
Differing weights and unequal measures—both are detestable to the LORD.
- Proverbs 20:23
Through
Proverbs 20:10Differing weights and unequal measures—both are detestable to the LORD.
it leads to
- Proverbs 11:1
Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
- Micah 6:10–11
Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed?
- Proverbs 11:1
Through
Deuteronomy 25:15You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
it leads to
- Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
- Exodus 20:12
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.