36 You shall have (A)accurate balances, accurate weights, an accurate [a]ephah, and an accurate [b]hin; I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 19:36 I.e., a dry measure, about 1 cubic foot or 0.03 cubic meters
  2. Leviticus 19:36 I.e., a liquid measure, about 1 gallon or 3.8 liters

36 Use honest scales(A) and honest weights, an honest ephah[a](B) and an honest hin.[b](C) I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 19:36 An ephah was a dry measure having the capacity of about 3/5 of a bushel or about 22 liters.
  2. Leviticus 19:36 A hin was a liquid measure having the capacity of about 1 gallon or about 3.8 liters.

15 You shall have a correct and honest [a]weight; you shall have a correct and honest [b]measure, (A)so that your days may be prolonged [c]in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

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  1. Deuteronomy 25:15 Lit stone
  2. Deuteronomy 25:15 Lit ephah
  3. Deuteronomy 25:15 Lit on the ground

15 You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long(A) in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

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11 A (A)just balance and scales belong to the Lord;
All the [a]weights of the bag are His [b]concern.

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  1. Proverbs 16:11 Lit stones
  2. Proverbs 16:11 Lit work

11 Honest scales and balances belong to the Lord;
    all the weights in the bag are of his making.(A)

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Hear this, you who [a](A)trample the needy, to put an end to the humble of the land, saying,

“When will the (B)new moon [b]be over,
So that we may sell grain;
And the (C)Sabbath, so that we may open the wheat market,
To make the [c]ephah smaller and the [d]shekel bigger,
And to (D)cheat with dishonest scales,
So as to (E)buy the helpless for [e]money,
And the needy for a pair of sandals,
And that we may sell the refuse of the wheat?”

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  1. Amos 8:4 Or snap at
  2. Amos 8:5 Lit pass by
  3. Amos 8:5 About 1 cubic foot or 0.03 cubic meters
  4. Amos 8:5 About 0.5 oz. or 14 gm
  5. Amos 8:6 Lit silver

Hear this, you who trample the needy
    and do away with the poor(A) of the land,(B)

saying,

“When will the New Moon(C) be over
    that we may sell grain,
and the Sabbath be ended
    that we may market(D) wheat?”(E)
skimping on the measure,
    boosting the price
    and cheating(F) with dishonest scales,(G)
buying the poor(H) with silver
    and the needy for a pair of sandals,
    selling even the sweepings with the wheat.(I)

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10 Is there still a person in the wicked house,
Along with treasures of (A)wickedness,
And a [a](B)short measure that is cursed?
11 Can I justify dishonest (C)balances,
And a bag of fraudulent weights?

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  1. Micah 6:10 Lit shrunken ephah

10 Am I still to forget your ill-gotten treasures, you wicked house,
    and the short ephah,[a] which is accursed?(A)
11 Shall I acquit someone with dishonest scales,(B)
    with a bag of false weights?(C)

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  1. Micah 6:10 An ephah was a dry measure.