Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
Parallel translations
- WEB “‘You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.
- 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 25:15But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
- Deut 25:13Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
- Matt 7:2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
- Ezek 22:12–13In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
- Mic 6:1Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
- Lev 19:15Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
- Prov 20:10Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
- Prov 11:1A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
- Prov 16:11A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.
- Amos 8:5–6Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
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