Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Measure » Must be just
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, - a great and a small. Thou shalt not have in thy house divers measures, - a great and a small. A weight full and just, shalt thou have, a measure full and just, shalt thou have, - that thy days may be prolonged upon the soil which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee. read more.
For an abomination unto Yahweh thy God, is every one that doeth these things, - every one that doeth unjustly.
For an abomination unto Yahweh thy God, is every one that doeth these things, - every one that doeth unjustly.
A deceptive balance, is an abomination to Yahweh, but, a full weight, is his delight.
An abomination to Yahweh, are divers weights, and, deceptive balances, are not good.
The balance and scales of justice, belong to Yahweh, and, his handiwork, are all the weights of the bag.
Divers weights, and divers measures, an abomination to Yahweh, are they, both.
Ye shall not act perversely in giving judgment, - in measures of extent, in weights in measures of capacity: Just balances, just weights, a just ephah and a just hin, shall ye have, - I - Yahweh, am your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt.
Even yet, are there, in the house of the lawless one, the treasures of lawlessness, - and the scant measure - accurst? Shall I be pure with lawless balances? or with bag of deceitful weights? For, her rich men, are full of violence, and, her inhabitants, have spoken falsehood, - and, their tongue, is deceitful in their mouth.
A trafficker! in his hand, are balances of deceit, to oppress, he loveth. So then Ephraim said, Surely I have gotten me riches, I have found wealth for myself, - in all my toils, they cannot find in me perversity which is sin. But, I, Yahweh, have been thy God, from the land of Egypt, - I will yet make thee dwell in tents, as in the days of appointed meeting.