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Balances » Must be just
'You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin; I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.
A just balance and scales belong to the LORD; All the weights of the bag are His concern.
Business life » Fidelity » Honesty, encouraged
A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, But a just weight is His delight.
'You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight, or capacity. 'You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin; I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.
"You shall have a full and just weight; you shall have a full and just measure, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
Never pay back evil for evil to anyone Respect what is right in the sight of all men.
Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
for we have regard for what is honorable, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.
Business life » Fidelity » Giving of just weights
A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, But a just weight is His delight.
"Can I justify wicked scales And a bag of deceptive weights?
'You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin; I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.
A just balance and scales belong to the LORD; All the weights of the bag are His concern.
"You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small.
Differing weights and differing measures, Both of them are abominable to the LORD.
"You shall have just balances, a just ephah and a just bath.
Commerce » Of the jews » Under strict laws
'You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin; I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.
'If you make a sale, moreover, to your friend or buy from your friend's hand, you shall not wrong one another.
'So you shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.
Commerce » Laws concerning
'If you make a sale, moreover, to your friend or buy from your friend's hand, you shall not wrong one another.
'So you shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.
'You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin; I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt. 'You shall thus observe all My statutes and all My ordinances and do them; I am the LORD.'"
Honesty » In business encouraged
A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, But a just weight is His delight.
'You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight, or capacity. 'You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin; I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.
"You shall have a full and just weight; you shall have a full and just measure, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
Never pay back evil for evil to anyone Respect what is right in the sight of all men.
Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
for we have regard for what is honorable, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.
Justice » To be done » In buying and selling
'You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin; I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.
"You shall have a full and just weight; you shall have a full and just measure, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
the Law of moses » Taught the jews » Strict justice and impartiality
'You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight, or capacity. 'You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin; I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.
Measure » An ephah, equal to three seah, and in liquid, to a bath, containing about a bushel and a half
the man shall then bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring as an offering for her one-tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he shall not pour oil on it nor put frankincense on it, for it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of memorial, a reminder of iniquity.
"For ten acres of vineyard will yield only one bath of wine, And a homer of seed will yield but an ephah of grain."
"This is the offering which Aaron and his sons are to present to the LORD on the day when he is anointed; the tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening.
Then Jesse said to David his son, "Take now for your brothers an ephah of this roasted grain and these ten loaves and run to the camp to your brothers.
saying, "When will the new moon be over, So that we may sell grain, And the sabbath, that we may open the wheat market, To make the bushel smaller and the shekel bigger, And to cheat with dishonest scales,
'You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin; I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.
"You shall have just balances, a just ephah and a just bath. "The ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity, so that the bath will contain a tenth of a homer and the ephah a tenth of a homer; their standard shall be according to the homer.
Now when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with a three-year-old bull and one ephah of flour and a jug of wine, and brought him to the house of the LORD in Shiloh, although the child was young.
Then Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread from an ephah of flour; he put the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot, and brought them out to him under the oak and presented them.
So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.
'But if his means are insufficient for two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then for his offering for that which he has sinned, he shall bring the tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall not put oil on it or place incense on it, for it is a sin offering.
also a tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a grain offering, mixed with a fourth of a hin of beaten oil.
"This is the offering that you shall offer: a sixth of an ephah from a homer of wheat; a sixth of an ephah from a homer of barley;
"He shall provide as a grain offering an ephah with a bull, an ephah with a ram and a hin of oil with an ephah.
and the grain offering shall be an ephah with the ram, and the grain offering with the lambs as much as he is able to give, and a hin of oil with an ephah.
"And he shall provide a grain offering, an ephah with the bull and an ephah with the ram, and with the lambs as much as he is able, and a hin of oil with an ephah.
"At the festivals and the appointed feasts the grain offering shall be an ephah with a bull and an ephah with a ram, and with the lambs as much as one is able to give, and a hin of oil with an ephah.
"Also you shall provide a grain offering with it morning by morning, a sixth of an ephah and a third of a hin of oil to moisten the fine flour, a grain offering to the LORD continually by a perpetual ordinance.
I said, "What is it?" And he said, "This is the ephah going forth." Again he said, "This is their appearance in all the land (and behold, a lead cover was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting inside the ephah." Then he said, "This is Wickedness!" And he threw her down into the middle of the ephah and cast the lead weight on its opening. read more.
Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and there two women were coming out with the wind in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heavens. I said to the angel who was speaking with me, "Where are they taking the ephah?"
Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and there two women were coming out with the wind in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heavens. I said to the angel who was speaking with me, "Where are they taking the ephah?"
Measure » Must be just
"You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small. "You shall not have in your house differing measures, a large and a small. "You shall have a full and just weight; you shall have a full and just measure, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you. read more.
"For everyone who does these things, everyone who acts unjustly is an abomination to the LORD your God.
"For everyone who does these things, everyone who acts unjustly is an abomination to the LORD your God.
A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, But a just weight is His delight.
Differing weights are an abomination to the LORD, And a false scale is not good.
A just balance and scales belong to the LORD; All the weights of the bag are His concern.
Differing weights and differing measures, Both of them are abominable to the LORD.
'You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight, or capacity. 'You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin; I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.
"Is there yet a man in the wicked house, Along with treasures of wickedness And a short measure that is cursed? "Can I justify wicked scales And a bag of deceptive weights? "For the rich men of the city are full of violence, Her residents speak lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
A merchant, in whose hands are false balances, He loves to oppress. And Ephraim said, "Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself; In all my labors they will find in me No iniquity, which would be sin." But I have been the LORD your God since the land of Egypt; I will make you live in tents again, As in the days of the appointed festival.
Measure » A hin
'You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin; I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.
and there shall be one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one-fourth of a hin of beaten oil, and one-fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering with one lamb.
'Its grain offering shall then be two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, an offering by fire to the LORD for a soothing aroma, with its drink offering, a fourth of a hin of wine.
'Then the drink offering with it shall be a fourth of a hin for each lamb, in the holy place you shall pour out a drink offering of strong drink to the LORD.
also a tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a grain offering, mixed with a fourth of a hin of beaten oil.
and of cassia five hundred, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin.
'The one who presents his offering shall present to the LORD a grain offering of one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one-fourth of a hin of oil, and you shall prepare wine for the drink offering, one-fourth of a hin, with the burnt offering or for the sacrifice, for each lamb. 'Or for a ram you shall prepare as a grain offering two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one-third of a hin of oil; read more.
and for the drink offering you shall offer one-third of a hin of wine as a soothing aroma to the LORD. 'When you prepare a bull as a burnt offering or a sacrifice, to fulfill a special vow, or for peace offerings to the LORD, then you shall offer with the bull a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one-half a hin of oil; and you shall offer as the drink offering one-half a hin of wine as an offering by fire, as a soothing aroma to the LORD.
and for the drink offering you shall offer one-third of a hin of wine as a soothing aroma to the LORD. 'When you prepare a bull as a burnt offering or a sacrifice, to fulfill a special vow, or for peace offerings to the LORD, then you shall offer with the bull a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one-half a hin of oil; and you shall offer as the drink offering one-half a hin of wine as an offering by fire, as a soothing aroma to the LORD.
'Their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bull and a third of a hin for the ram and a fourth of a hin for a lamb; this is the burnt offering of each month throughout the months of the year.
"The water you drink shall be the sixth part of a hin by measure; you shall drink it from time to time.
Measures » Just weights
A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, But a just weight is His delight.
"Can I justify wicked scales And a bag of deceptive weights?
'You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin; I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.
A just balance and scales belong to the LORD; All the weights of the bag are His concern.
"You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small.
Differing weights and differing measures, Both of them are abominable to the LORD.
"You shall have just balances, a just ephah and a just bath.
Social duties » Fidelity in business » Honesty in business, encouraged
A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, But a just weight is His delight.
'You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight, or capacity. 'You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin; I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.
"You shall have a full and just weight; you shall have a full and just measure, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
Never pay back evil for evil to anyone Respect what is right in the sight of all men.
Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
for we have regard for what is honorable, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of giving just weights
A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, But a just weight is His delight.
"Can I justify wicked scales And a bag of deceptive weights?
'You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin; I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.
A just balance and scales belong to the LORD; All the weights of the bag are His concern.
"You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small.
Differing weights and differing measures, Both of them are abominable to the LORD.
"You shall have just balances, a just ephah and a just bath.
Stones » Used » For weighing (margin)
'You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin; I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.
Virtues » Fidelity » Honesty, encouraged
A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, But a just weight is His delight.
'You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight, or capacity. 'You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin; I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.
"You shall have a full and just weight; you shall have a full and just measure, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
Never pay back evil for evil to anyone Respect what is right in the sight of all men.
Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
for we have regard for what is honorable, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.
Virtues » Fidelity » Giving of just weights
A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, But a just weight is His delight.
"Can I justify wicked scales And a bag of deceptive weights?
'You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin; I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.
A just balance and scales belong to the LORD; All the weights of the bag are His concern.
"You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small.
Differing weights and differing measures, Both of them are abominable to the LORD.
"You shall have just balances, a just ephah and a just bath.
Weights » Troy weights a gerah = 1/50 oz » 10 gerahs = 1 bekah = 1/5 oz
A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, But a just weight is His delight.
"Can I justify wicked scales And a bag of deceptive weights?
'You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin; I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.
A just balance and scales belong to the LORD; All the weights of the bag are His concern.
"You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small.
Differing weights and differing measures, Both of them are abominable to the LORD.
"You shall have just balances, a just ephah and a just bath.
Weights » Must be just
A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, But a just weight is His delight.
Differing weights are an abomination to the LORD, And a false scale is not good.
A just balance and scales belong to the LORD; All the weights of the bag are His concern.
Differing weights and differing measures, Both of them are abominable to the LORD.
'You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight, or capacity. 'You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin; I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.
"You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small. "You shall not have in your house differing measures, a large and a small. "You shall have a full and just weight; you shall have a full and just measure, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
"Is there yet a man in the wicked house, Along with treasures of wickedness And a short measure that is cursed? "Can I justify wicked scales And a bag of deceptive weights?
Weights » The jews » Forbidden to have unjust
'You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight, or capacity. 'You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin; I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.