'Scales' in the Bible
‘These you may eat, whatever is in the water: whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, these you may eat;
but whatever does not have fins and scales in the seas and in the rivers, of all the teeming life in the waters, and of all the living creatures that are in the waters, they are [to be considered] detestable to you.
Everything in the water that does not have fins and scales is detestable to you.
“Of all [creatures] that are in the waters, you may eat these: anything that has fins and scales you may eat,
but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales; it is unclean for you.
A just balance and [honest] scales are the Lord’s;All the weights of the bag are His concern [established by His eternal principles].
Differing weights are detestable and offensive to the Lord,And fraudulent scales are not good.
A wise man scales the city [walls] of the mightyAnd brings down the stronghold in which they trust.
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand,And marked off the heavens with a span [of the hand],And calculated the dust of the earth with a measure,And weighed the mountains in a balanceAnd the hills in a pair of scales?
In fact, the nations are like a drop from a bucket,And are regarded as a speck of dust on the scales;Now look, He lifts up the islands like fine dust.
“Those who lavish gold from the bagAnd weigh out silver on the scalesHire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;They bow down, indeed they worship it.
I signed the deed and sealed it, and called in witnesses, and weighed out the money on the scales.
“I will put hooks in your jawsAnd [I will] make the fish of your rivers stick to your scales.And I will pull you up from the midst of your rivers,And all the fish of your rivers will stick to your scales.
“You shall have just balances and weights [on your scales and just measures], a just ephah [dry volume measure] and a just bath [liquid measure].
saying,“When will the New Moon [festival] be overSo that we may sell grain,And the Sabbath ended so that we may open the wheat market,Making the ephah [measure] smaller and the shekel bigger [that is, selling less for a higher price]And to cheat by falsifying the scales,
“Can I [be guiltless and] justify deceptive scalesAnd a bag of dishonest weights?
Immediately something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he got up and was baptized;
When He (the Lamb) broke open the third seal, I heard the third living creature call out, “Come.” I looked, and behold, a black horse [of famine]; and the rider had in his hand a pair of scales (a balance).
They had breastplates (scales) like breastplates made of iron; and the [whirring] noise of their wings was like the [thunderous] noise of countless horse-drawn chariots charging [at full speed] into battle.