Leviticus 19:36
in Leviticus 19You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
KJV
Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
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This verse in Leviticus 19
Commentary
5 notes on this verseJust balances - Scales, steel-yard, etc. Weights, אבנים abanim, stones, as the weights appear to have been originally formed out of stones. Ephah, hin, etc., see before.
This site's exposition
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment
on Leviticus 19:35-37
Verse 35 opens with the sentence that opened verse 15, ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, and applies it to the meteyard, the weight and the measure. The courtroom and the market are put under one rule, so a short measure is handled as a wrong verdict. Proverbs 11:1 keeps that pairing, calling a false balance an abomination to the LORD, and Deuteronomy 25:13-16 gives the law again with divers weights in the bag. The chapter closes on I am the LORD, which falls fifteen times in these thirty seven verses, a third of every occurrence in the book.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
A just ephah and a just hin - These two two measures are named as most common, the former for dry, the latter for moist things, but under them he manifestly comprehends all other measures.
Just balances, just weights,....
In weighing and measuring, we pretend a design to give all those their own whom we deal with; but, if the weights and measures be false, it is like a corruption in judgment, it cheats under colour of justice; and thus to deceive a man to his damage is worse than picking his pocket or robbing him on the highway.
The words behind it
18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מֹ֧אזְנֵי | moznei | balances of | H3976 → | |
| צֶ֣דֶק | tzedek | righteousness | H6664 → | 119 times |
| אַבְנֵי־ | ʾavnei- | weights of | H68 → | 273 times |
| צֶ֗דֶק | tzedek | righteousness | H6664 → | 119 times |
| אֵ֥יפַת | ʾeifat | an ephah of | H374 → | 40 times |
| צֶ֛דֶק | tzedek | righteousness | H6664 → | 119 times |
| וְהִ֥ין | vehin | and a hin of | H1969 → | |
| צֶ֖דֶק | tzedek | righteousness | H6664 → | 119 times |
| יִהְיֶ֣ה | yihyeh | it will belong | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לָכֶ֑ם | lakhem | to <the> you | ||
| אֲנִי֙ | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | [am] Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם | ʾeloheikhem | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הוֹצֵ֥אתִי | hotzeti | I brought out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| אֶתְכֶ֖ם | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מֵאֶ֥רֶץ | meeretz | from [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| מִצְרָֽיִם׃ | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
מֹ֧אזְנֵיbalances of
mozneiH3976 →
צֶ֣דֶקrighteousness
tzedekH6664 →119 times
אַבְנֵי־weights of
ʾavnei-H68 →273 times
צֶ֗דֶקrighteousness
tzedekH6664 →119 times
אֵ֥יפַתan ephah of
ʾeifatH374 →40 times
צֶ֛דֶקrighteousness
tzedekH6664 →119 times
וְהִ֥יןand a hin of
vehinH1969 →
צֶ֖דֶקrighteousness
tzedekH6664 →119 times
יִהְיֶ֣הit will belong
yihyehH1961 →3559 times
לָכֶ֑םto <the> you
lakhem
אֲנִי֙I
ʾaniH589 →874 times
יְהוָ֣ה[am] Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔םGod your
ʾeloheikhemH430 →2601 times
אֲשֶׁר־who
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
הוֹצֵ֥אתִיI brought out
hotzetiH3318 →1067 times
אֶתְכֶ֖ם<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
מֵאֶ֥רֶץfrom [the] land of
meeretzH776 →2504 times
מִצְרָֽיִם׃Egypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
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
Exodus 20:2“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 5:6
“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Hosea 13:4
Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.
- Leviticus 26:13
I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians. I broke the bars of your yoke and…
- Psalms 81:10
I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
- Exodus 13:3
So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His…
- Deuteronomy 5:6
Through
Proverbs 11:1Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
it leads to
- Proverbs 16:11
Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 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
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.