Leviticus 19:36
honest balances honest .... honest ..... honest <06664 03976> [Just balances.]
weights <068> [weights. Heb. stones. I am. See on]
Deuteronomy 25:13-16
bag <03599> [in thy bag.]
stone weights <068> [divers weights. Heb. a stone and a stone.]
{Aivenw„aiven;} because weights were anciently made of stone. Hence the expression, a stone weight, which is still in use, though the matter of which it is made be lead or iron, and the name itself shews us that a stone of a certain weight was formerly used.
different measuring containers <0374> [divers measures. Heb. an ephah and an ephah.]
{Aiphah w„aiphah;} for this was the cost common measure among the Israelites, by which all the others were made and adjusted. They are not only forbidden to use divers weights and measures, one large or heavy to buy with, and another small and light to sell with, but they were not even allowed to keep such in the house. It is observable also, that these too common but dishonest actions are branded as "an abomination to the Lord," equally with idolatry, and other scandalous crimes.
life <03117> [that thy days.]
acts <06213> [all that do.]
Proverbs 11:1
dishonest scales <04820 03976> [A false balance is. Heb. Balances of deceit. are.]
accurate weight <068 08003> [a just weight. Heb. a perfect stone.]
Proverbs 16:11
Honest <04941> [just.]
weights <068> [weights. Heb. stones.]
Proverbs 20:23
weights <068> [weights.]
dishonest scales <03976 04820> [a false balance. Heb. balances of deceit.]
Ezekiel 45:10-12
dry .................... ephah <0374> [ephah.]
The {ephah} was a dry measure, and the {bath} a liquid measure, containing about seven gallons, four pints, or three pecks, three pints; and the {homer} about seventy-five gallons, five pints.
shekel ...... Sixty shekels <08255> [the shekel.]
shekel .... twenty ... Sixty shekels <06242 08255> [twenty shekels.]
That is, 20 + 25 + 15 = 60; for the {maneh} as a weight was equal to sixty shekels, though as a coin it was only equal to fifty, weighing about 2 lb. 6 oz.; and reckoning the shekel at 2s. 6d. being in value 6Å“. 5s.
Micah 6:10-11
<0786> [Are, etc. or, Is there yet unto every man an house of the wicked, etc. the treasures.]
smaller-than-standard <07332> [and.]
smaller-than-standard measure <0374 07332> [scant measure. Heb. measure of leanness.]
I .... condone <02135> [count them pure. or, be pure. the wicked.]
bag <03599> [the bag.]
