'Weight' in the Bible

“You must not be unfair in measurements of length, weight, or volume.

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.

Each silver dish weighed 3¼ pounds, and each basin 1¾ pounds. The total weight of the silver articles was 60 pounds measured by the standard sanctuary shekel.

The 12 gold bowls full of incense each weighed four ounces measured by the standard sanctuary shekel. The total weight of the gold bowls was three pounds.

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 weight of the gold earrings he requested was about 43 pounds of gold, in addition to the crescent ornaments and ear pendants, the purple garments on the kings of Midian, and the chains on the necks of their camels.

The man replied to Joab, “Even if I had the weight of 1,000 pieces of silver in my hand, I would not raise my hand against the king’s son. For we heard the king command you, Abishai, and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for me.’

Solomon left all the utensils unweighed because there were so many; the weight of the bronze was not determined.

The weight of gold that came to Solomon annually was 25 tons,

As for the two pillars, the one reservoir, and the water carts that Solomon had made for the Lord’s temple, the weight of the bronze of all these articles was beyond measure.

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;

the weight of the gold lampstands and their gold lamps, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps; the weight of each silver lampstand and its lamps, according to the service of each lampstand;

the weight of gold for each table for the rows of the bread of the Presence and the silver for the silver tables;

the pure gold for the forks, sprinkling basins, and pitchers; the weight of each gold dish; the weight of each silver bowl;

the weight of refined gold for the altar of incense; and the plans for the chariot of the gold cherubim that spread out their wings and cover the ark of the Lord’s covenant.

The weight of the nails was 20 ounces of gold, and he overlaid the ceiling with gold.

Solomon made all these utensils in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze was not determined.

The weight of gold that came to Solomon annually was 25 tons,

Everything was verified by number and weight, and the total weight was recorded at that time.

At the height of his success distress will come to him;the full weight of misery will crush him.

He wraps up the waters in His clouds,yet the clouds do not burst beneath their weight.

When God fixed the weight of the windand limited the water by measure,

Dishonest scales are detestable to the Lord,but an accurate weight is His delight.

As for the two pillars, the one reservoir, and the 12 bronze bulls under the water carts that King Solomon had made for the Lord’s temple, the weight of the bronze of all these articles was beyond measure.

ב BetZion’s precious people—once worth their weight in pure gold—how they are regarded as clay jars,the work of a potter’s hands!

The food you eat each day will be eight ounces by weight; you will eat it from time to time.

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.

“This is Wickedness,” he said. He shoved her down into the basket and pushed the lead weight over its opening.

For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory.

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,