Verse 10
You shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
Referenced Verses
- Amos 8:4-6 : 4 Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, And cause the poor of the land to fail, 5 Saying, 'When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, Making the ephah small, and the shekel large, And dealing falsely with balances of deceit; 6 That we may buy the poor for silver, And the needy for a pair of shoes, And sell the sweepings with the wheat?'"
- Mic 6:10-11 : 10 Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, And a short ephah{An ephah is a measure of volume, and a short ephah is made smaller than a full ephah for the purpose of cheating customers.} that is accursed? 11 Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, And with a bag of deceitful weights?
- Lev 19:35-36 : 35 "'You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity. 36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall you have. I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
- Prov 11:1 : 1 A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, But accurate weights are his delight.
- Prov 16:11 : 11 Honest balances and scales are Yahweh's; All the weights in the bag are his work.
- Prov 20:10 : 10 Differing weights and differing measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
- Prov 21:3 : 3 To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.
- Isa 5:10 : 10 For ten acres{Literally, ten yokes, or the amount of land that ten yokes of oxen can plow in one day, which is about 10 acres or 4 hectares.} of vineyard shall yield one bath,{1 bath is about 22 litres, 5.8 U. S. gallons, or 4.8 imperial gallons} And a homer{1 homer is about 220 litres or 6 bushels} of seed shall yield an ephah.{1 ephah is about 22 litres or 0.6 bushels or about 2 pecks)-- only one tenth of what was sown.}"
- Deut 25:15 : 15 A perfect and just weight shall you have; a perfect and just measure shall you have: that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.