Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Balances » Must be just
You are to have honest balances, honest weights, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure; I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
all the weights in the bag
Business life » Fidelity » Honesty, encouraged
but an accurate weight is His delight.
"You must not act unfairly in measurements of length, weight, or volume. You are to have honest balances, honest weights, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure; I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
You must have a full and honest weight, a full and honest dry measure, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Try to do what is honorable in everyone’s eyes.
Do not owe anyone anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
For we are making provision for what is right, not only before the Lord but also before men.
Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable—if there is any moral excellence and if there is any praise—dwell on these things.
Business life » Fidelity » Giving of just weights
but an accurate weight is His delight.
or bags of deceptive weights?
You are to have honest balances, honest weights, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure; I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
all the weights in the bag
“You must not have two different weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
both are detestable to the Lord.
“You must have honest scales, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure.
Commerce » Of the jews » Under strict laws
You are to have honest balances, honest weights, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure; I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, do not cheat one another.
You are not to cheat one another, but fear your God, for I am Yahweh your God.
Commerce » Laws concerning
If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, do not cheat one another.
You are not to cheat one another, but fear your God, for I am Yahweh your God.
You are to have honest balances, honest weights, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure; I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. You must keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and do them; I am the Lord."
Honesty » In business encouraged
but an accurate weight is His delight.
"You must not act unfairly in measurements of length, weight, or volume. You are to have honest balances, honest weights, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure; I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
You must have a full and honest weight, a full and honest dry measure, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Try to do what is honorable in everyone’s eyes.
Do not owe anyone anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
For we are making provision for what is right, not only before the Lord but also before men.
Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable—if there is any moral excellence and if there is any praise—dwell on these things.
Justice » To be done » In buying and selling
You are to have honest balances, honest weights, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure; I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
You must have a full and honest weight, a full and honest dry measure, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
the Law of moses » Taught the jews » Strict justice and impartiality
"You must not act unfairly in measurements of length, weight, or volume. You are to have honest balances, honest weights, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure; I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Measure » An ephah, equal to three seah, and in liquid, to a bath, containing about a bushel and a half
then the man is to bring his wife to the priest. He is also to bring an offering for her of two quarts of barley flour. He is not to pour oil over it or put frankincense on it because it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering for remembrance that brings sin to mind.
only six gallons,
and 10 bushels
only one bushel.
“This is the offering that Aaron and his sons must present to the Lord on the day that he is anointed: two quarts of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening.
One day Jesse had told his son David: “Take this half-bushel of roasted grain along with these 10 loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.
so we may sell grain,
and the Sabbath,
so we may market wheat?
We can reduce the measure
while increasing the price
and cheat with dishonest scales.
You are to have honest balances, honest weights, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure; I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
"You must have honest balances, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure. The dry measure and the liquid measure will be uniform, with the liquid measure containing five and a half gallons and the dry measure [holding] half a bushel. Their measurement will be one-tenth of the standard larger capacity measure.
When she had weaned him, she took him with her to Shiloh, as well as a three-year-old bull, half a bushel of flour, and a jar of wine. Though the boy was still young, she took him to the Lord’s house at Shiloh.
So Gideon went and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread from a half bushel of flour. He placed the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot. He brought them out and offered them to Him under the oak.
So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. She beat out what she had gathered, and it was about 26 quarts of barley.
“But if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, he may bring two quarts of fine flour as an offering for his sin. He must not put olive oil or frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.
along with two quarts of fine flour for a grain offering mixed with a quart of olive oil from crushed olives.
“This is the contribution you are to offer: Three quarts from five bushels of wheat and three quarts from five bushels of barley.
He will also provide a grain offering of half a bushel per bull and half a bushel per ram, along with a gallon of oil for every half bushel.
The grain offering will be half a bushel with the ram, and the grain offering with the lambs will be whatever he wants to give, as well as a gallon of oil for every half bushel.
He will provide a grain offering of half a bushel with the bull, half a bushel with the ram, and whatever he can afford with the lambs, together with a gallon of oil for every half bushel.
At the festivals and appointed times, the grain offering will be half a bushel with the bull, half a bushel with the ram, and whatever he wants to give with the lambs, along with a gallon of oil for every half bushel.
You must also prepare a grain offering every morning along with it: three quarts, with one-third of a gallon of oil to moisten the fine flour—a grain offering to the Lord. This is a permanent statute to be observed regularly.
So I asked, "What is it?" He responded, "It's a measuring basket that is approaching." And he continued, "This is their iniquity in all the land." Then a lead cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket. "This is Wickedness," he said. He shoved her down into the basket and pushed the lead weight over its opening. read more.
Then I looked up and saw two women approaching with the wind in their wings. Their wings were like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and sky. So I asked the angel who was speaking with me, "Where are they taking the basket?"
Then I looked up and saw two women approaching with the wind in their wings. Their wings were like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and sky. So I asked the angel who was speaking with me, "Where are they taking the basket?"
Measure » Must be just
"You must not have two different weights in your bag, one heavy and one light. You must not have two differing dry measures in your house, a larger and a smaller. You must have a full and honest weight, a full and honest dry measure, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you. read more.
For everyone who does such things and acts unfairly is detestable to the Lord your God.
For everyone who does such things and acts unfairly is detestable to the Lord your God.
but an accurate weight is His delight.
and dishonest scales
all the weights in the bag
both are detestable to the Lord.
"You must not act unfairly in measurements of length, weight, or volume. You are to have honest balances, honest weights, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure; I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Are there still the treasures of wickedness and the accursed short measure in the house of the wicked? Can I excuse wicked scales or bags of deceptive weights? For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; the tongues in their mouths are deceitful.
A merchant loves to extort with dishonest scales in his hands. But Ephraim says: "How rich I have become; I made it all myself. In all my earnings, no one can find any crime in me that I can be punished for!" I have been the Lord your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will make you live in tents again, as in the festival days.
Measure » A hin
You are to have honest balances, honest weights, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure; I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
With the first lamb offer two quarts of fine flour mixed with one quart of oil from crushed olives, and a drink offering of one quart of wine.
Its grain offering is to be four quarts of fine flour mixed with oil as a fire offering to the Lord, a pleasing aroma, and its drink offering will be one quart of wine.
The drink offering is to be a quart with each lamb. Pour out the offering of beer to the Lord in the sanctuary area.
along with two quarts of fine flour for a grain offering mixed with a quart of olive oil from crushed olives.
the one presenting his offering to the Lord must also present a grain offering of two quarts of fine flour mixed with a quart of oil. Prepare a quart of wine as a drink offering with the burnt offering or sacrifice of each lamb. "If you prepare a grain offering with a ram, it must be four quarts of fine flour mixed with a third of a gallon of oil. read more.
Also present a third of a gallon of wine for a drink offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord. "If you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering or as a sacrifice, to fulfill a vow, or as a fellowship offering to the Lord, a grain offering of six quarts of fine flour mixed with two quarts of oil must be presented with the bull. Also present two quarts of wine as a drink offering. It is a fire offering of pleasing aroma to the Lord.
Also present a third of a gallon of wine for a drink offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord. "If you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering or as a sacrifice, to fulfill a vow, or as a fellowship offering to the Lord, a grain offering of six quarts of fine flour mixed with two quarts of oil must be presented with the bull. Also present two quarts of wine as a drink offering. It is a fire offering of pleasing aroma to the Lord.
Their drink offerings are to be two quarts of wine with each bull, one and a third quarts with the ram, and one quart with each male lamb. This is the monthly burnt offering for all the months of the year.
You are also to drink water by measure, a sixth of a gallon, which you will drink from time to time.
Measures » Just weights
but an accurate weight is His delight.
or bags of deceptive weights?
You are to have honest balances, honest weights, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure; I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
all the weights in the bag
“You must not have two different weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
both are detestable to the Lord.
“You must have honest scales, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure.
Social duties » Fidelity in business » Honesty in business, encouraged
but an accurate weight is His delight.
"You must not act unfairly in measurements of length, weight, or volume. You are to have honest balances, honest weights, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure; I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
You must have a full and honest weight, a full and honest dry measure, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Try to do what is honorable in everyone’s eyes.
Do not owe anyone anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
For we are making provision for what is right, not only before the Lord but also before men.
Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable—if there is any moral excellence and if there is any praise—dwell on these things.
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of giving just weights
but an accurate weight is His delight.
or bags of deceptive weights?
You are to have honest balances, honest weights, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure; I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
all the weights in the bag
“You must not have two different weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
both are detestable to the Lord.
“You must have honest scales, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure.
Stones » Used » For weighing (margin)
You are to have honest balances, honest weights, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure; I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Virtues » Fidelity » Honesty, encouraged
but an accurate weight is His delight.
"You must not act unfairly in measurements of length, weight, or volume. You are to have honest balances, honest weights, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure; I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
You must have a full and honest weight, a full and honest dry measure, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Try to do what is honorable in everyone’s eyes.
Do not owe anyone anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
For we are making provision for what is right, not only before the Lord but also before men.
Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable—if there is any moral excellence and if there is any praise—dwell on these things.
Virtues » Fidelity » Giving of just weights
but an accurate weight is His delight.
or bags of deceptive weights?
You are to have honest balances, honest weights, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure; I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
all the weights in the bag
“You must not have two different weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
both are detestable to the Lord.
“You must have honest scales, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure.
Weights » Troy weights a gerah = 1/50 oz » 10 gerahs = 1 bekah = 1/5 oz
but an accurate weight is His delight.
or bags of deceptive weights?
You are to have honest balances, honest weights, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure; I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
all the weights in the bag
“You must not have two different weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
both are detestable to the Lord.
“You must have honest scales, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure.
Weights » Must be just
but an accurate weight is His delight.
and dishonest scales
all the weights in the bag
both are detestable to the Lord.
"You must not act unfairly in measurements of length, weight, or volume. You are to have honest balances, honest weights, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure; I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
"You must not have two different weights in your bag, one heavy and one light. You must not have two differing dry measures in your house, a larger and a smaller. You must have a full and honest weight, a full and honest dry measure, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
Are there still the treasures of wickedness and the accursed short measure in the house of the wicked? Can I excuse wicked scales or bags of deceptive weights?
Weights » The jews » Forbidden to have unjust
"You must not act unfairly in measurements of length, weight, or volume. You are to have honest balances, honest weights, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure; I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.