Reference: Balances
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Moznayim, ?????, a pair of balances or scales: such are seen on the Egyptian monuments, with the weights in one scale and the article to be weighed in the other. They were needful also in early days for weighing the money: when Abraham bought a burying place he "weighed to Ephron the silver." Ge 23:16: cf. Jer 32:10. Job asked to be weighed in an even balance, Job 31:6: cf. Le 19:36; Eze 45:10, for men contrived to falsify the balance, as well as the weights, which was an abomination to the Lord. Pr 11:1; 16:11; Ho 12:7; Am 8:5. In Isa 46:6 another Hebrew word is used, qaneh, which signifies a reed, rod or beam, which may refer to the beam of the scales, for it is not known that the steel-yard was then in use. In Re 6:5 the rider on the black horse had a pair of balances with which to weigh out the food, showing that great scarcity will be one of God's judgements in the future.
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Abraham agreed with Ephron, so he weighed out to Ephron the money to which he had agreed publicly while the Hittites were listening: 400 shekels of silver at the current merchant rate.
You are to maintain just balances and reliable standards for weights, dry volumes, and liquid volumes. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
let my righteousness be weighed in honest scales, and God will make known my integrity.
The LORD hates false scales, but he delights in accurate weights.
Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; he made all the weights in the bag.
Those who pour out gold in a purse, weigh silver in a balance, hire a goldsmith in order to make a god, and then they bow down and even worship it.
I signed the deed and sealed it. I called in witnesses and used scales to weigh out the silver.
"You're to use an honest scale, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure!
"Now as for the merchant, deceitful balances remain in his hand, and he loves to defraud.
and who are saying, "When will the New Moon fade so we may sell grain, and the Sabbath conclude so we may market winnowed wheat? shortchanging the measure, raising the price, falsifying the scales by treachery,
When the lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Go!" I looked, and there was a black horse! Its rider held a scale in his hand.
Smith
Balances.
Reference to balances is found in
They were in common use, gold and silver being paid out and received by weight. Reference is also made in
to the dishonest practice of buying by heavier and selling by lighter weights.
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"Now as for the merchant, deceitful balances remain in his hand, and he loves to defraud.
Will I tolerate those who maintain deceptive standards and who use deceitful weights in their business?