Proverbs 16:11

16:11 Honest scales and balances ¹  are from the Lord;

all the weights ²  in the bag are his handiwork.

Ezekiel 45:10-12

45:10 You must use just balances, ³  a just dry measure (an ephah), ⁴  and a just liquid measure (a bath). ⁵  45:11 The dry and liquid measures will be the same, the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, ⁶  and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure. 45:12 The shekel will be twenty gerahs. Sixty shekels ⁷  will be a mina for you.

[16:11]  ¹ tn Heb “a scale and balances of justice.” This is an attributive genitive, meaning “just scales and balances.” The law required that scales and measures be accurate and fair (Lev 19:36; Deut 25:13). Shrewd dishonest people kept light and heavy weights to make unfair transactions.

[16:11]  ² tn Heb “stones.”

[45:10]  ³ sn Previous legislation regarding this practice may be found in Lev 19:35-36; Deut 25:13-16; Mic 6:10-12.

[45:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “ephah,” which was 1/2 bushel.

[45:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “bath,” a liquid measure, was 5 1/2 gallons.

[45:11]  ⁶ sn The homer was about 5 bushels as a dry measure and 55 gallons as a liquid measure.

[45:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, fifteen shekels.”