Leviticus 19:35
33 When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.
34 You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.
36 You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
37 You must keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and follow them. I am the LORD.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.
- KJV
- Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
- WEB
- “‘You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.
- ASV
- Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.
- DARBY
- Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measure of length, in weight, and in measure of capacity:
- BLB
- You⁺ shall not do injustice in judgment in measure, in weight, and in volume.
- ÅB
- Dere skal ikke gjøre urett i dom, i lengdemål, i vekt eller i hulmål.
- OTB
- Ikke bruk uærlige mål når dere bestemmer lengde, vekt eller mengde.
- B1930
- I skal ikke gjøre urett i dom, i lengdemål, i vekt eller i hulmål.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 25:15
You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 25:13
You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
Read in contextProverbs 16:11
Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.
Read in contextMicah 6:1
Hear now what the LORD says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.
Read in contextLeviticus 19:15
You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
Read in contextMatthew 7:2
For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Read in contextProverbs 20:10
Differing weights and unequal measures — both are detestable to the LORD.
Read in contextEzekiel 22:12–13
In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.
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