Ezekiel 45:10
8 This land will be his possession in Israel. And My princes will no longer oppress My people, but will give the rest of the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
9 For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Enough, O princes of Israel! Cease your violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing My people, declares the Lord GOD.’
You must use honest scales, a just ephah, and a just bath.
11 The ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity so that the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure for both.
12 The shekel will consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels will equal one mina.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You must use honest scales, a just ephah, and a just bath.
- KJV
- Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
- WEB
- “You shall have just balances, a just ephah, and a just bath.
- ASV
- Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
- DARBY
- Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
- BLB
- Righteous scales and a righteous ephah and a righteous bath shall be unto you⁺.
- ÅB
- Rette vektskåler og rett efa og rett bat skal dere ha.
- OTB
- Dere skal ha nøyaktige vekter, en nøyaktig efa og en nøyaktig bat.
- B1930
- Rette vektskåler og rett efa og rett bat skal I ha.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Amos 8:4–6
Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,
Read in contextMicah 6:10–11
Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed?
Read in contextLeviticus 19:35–36
You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.
Read in contextProverbs 20:10
Differing weights and unequal measures — both are detestable to the LORD.
Read in contextProverbs 11:1
Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 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 contextProverbs 21:3
To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Read in contextProverbs 16:11
Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.
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