Ezekiel 45:10
You must use honest scales, a just ephah, and a just bath.
BSB
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.
(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.'
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.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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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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Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
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.
Differing weights and unequal measures—both are detestable to the LORD.
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Proverbs 20:10Differing weights and unequal measures—both are detestable to the LORD.
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Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed?
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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.
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Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.