“‘You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.
Parallel translations
- KJV Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
- BSB You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.
- NKJV ‘You shall do no injustice in judgment, in measurement of length, weight, or volume.
- NASB ‘You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight, or volume.
- NLT “Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight, or volume.
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Quick answer
Israel must commit no dishonesty in legal judgments or in measurements of length, weight, or volume. God demands integrity in every dealing.
Overview
Justice is not only a matter of courts but of marketplaces, where false measures cheat the unsuspecting. God ties holiness to honest weights and balances, showing that worship and commerce are not separate spheres. Such integrity reflects the character of a righteous God who judges justly and calls His people to truthfulness in all things.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Deut 25:15You shall have a perfect and just weight. You shall have a perfect and just measure, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
- Deut 25:13You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, one heavy and one light.
- Matt 7:2For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.
- Ezek 22:12–13In you have they taken bribes to shed blood. You have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me,” says the Lord Yahweh.
- Mic 6:1Listen now to what Yahweh says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear what you have to say.
- Lev 19:15“‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.
- Prov 20:10Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
- Prov 11:1A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight.
- Prov 16:11Honest balances and scales are Yahweh’s; all the weights in the bag are his work.
- Amos 8:5–6Saying, ‘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;
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