Thematic Bible: Weights
Thematic Bible
Weights » Troy weights a gerah = 1/50 oz » 10 gerahs = 1 bekah = 1/5 oz
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.
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all the weights in the bag
“You must not have two different weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
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“You must have honest scales, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure.
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Weights » Must be just
all the weights in the bag
"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 » Provisions were sold by, in times of scarcity
When I cut off your supply of bread, 10 women will bake your bread in a single oven and ration out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.
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Then He said to me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of bread in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight and in dread drink water by measure.
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The food you eat each day will be eight ounces by weight; you will eat it from time to time.
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Weights » Value of money estimated according to
Abraham agreed with Ephron, and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver that he had agreed to in the presence of the Hittites: 400 shekels of silver at the current commercial rate.
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So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and I weighed out to him the money—17 shekels of silver.
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When we came to the place where we lodged for the night and opened our bags of grain, each one’s money was at the top of his bag! It was the full amount of our money, and we have brought it back with us.
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Weights » Mentioned in scripture » Talent
He took the crown from the head of their king, and it was placed on David’s head. The crown weighed 75 pounds of gold, and it had a precious stone in it. In addition, David took away a large quantity of plunder from the city.
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Enormous hailstones, each weighing about 100 pounds, fell from the sky on people, and they blasphemed God for the plague of hail because that plague was extremely severe.
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Weights » All metals were given by
the weight of gold for all the articles for every kind of service; the weight of all the silver articles for every kind of service;
He made it and all its utensils of 75 pounds of pure gold.
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Weights » Mentioned in scripture » Maneh or pound
The shekel will weigh 20 gerahs. Your mina will equal 60 shekels.
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Some of the family leaders gave 20,000 gold coins and 2,200 silver minas to the treasury for the project.
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Weights » Mentioned in scripture » Shekel
Everyone who is registered must pay half a shekel according to the sanctuary shekel (20 gerahs to the shekel). This half shekel is a contribution to the Lord.
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The shekel will weigh 20 gerahs. Your mina will equal 60 shekels.
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Weights » Mentioned in scripture » Gerah
Everyone who is registered must pay half a shekel according to the sanctuary shekel (20 gerahs to the shekel). This half shekel is a contribution to the Lord.
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The shekel will weigh 20 gerahs. Your mina will equal 60 shekels.
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Weights » Were frequently used in scales or balances
or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand?
Who has gathered the dust of the earth in a measure
or weighed the mountains in a balance
and the hills in the scales?
Weights » The jews » Forbidden to have divers
"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.
Weights » Illustrative » (heavy,) of the exceeding glory reserved for saints
For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory.
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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.
Weights » Mentioned in scripture » Dram
Some of the family leaders gave to the project. The governor gave 1,000 gold drachmas, 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments to the treasury. Some of the family leaders gave 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,200 silver minas to the treasury for the project.
Weights » Sometimes regulated by the king's standard
When he shaved his head—he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy for him that he had to shave it off—he would weigh the hair from his head and it would be five pounds according to the royal standard.
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Weights » Mentioned in scripture » Bekah or half-shekel
After the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing half a shekel, and for her wrists two bracelets weighing 10 shekels of gold.
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Weights » Illustrative » Of sins
Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us,
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Weights » Generally regulated by the standard of the sanctuary
12½ pounds of cassia (by the sanctuary shekel), and one gallon of olive oil.
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Weights » The jews » Frequently used unjust
or bags of deceptive weights?
Weights » Illustrative » Of the restraints put on the elements
and limited the water by measure,
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