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Honest Scales

Ezekiel 45:10

In 11 translations

BSB
You must use honest scales, a just ephah, and a just bath.An ephah is a dry measure of approximately 20 dry quarts or 22 liters.A bath was a liquid measure of approximately 5.8 gallons or 22 liters.
KJV
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
WEB
“You shall have just balances, a just ephah, and a just bath.1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
ASV
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
LSV
You must have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
YLT
Just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath — ye have.
DBY
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
DRC
You shall have just balances, and a just ephi, and a just bate.
GNV
Ye shall haue iust balances, and a true Ephah, and a true Bath.
JPS
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
LXXE
Ye shall have a just balance, and a just measure, and a just chœnix for measure.

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Original-language editions

WLC
מֹֽאזְנֵי־צֶ֧דֶק וְאֵֽיפַת־צֶ֛דֶק וּבַת־צֶ֖דֶק יְהִ֥י לָכֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
Ζυγὸς δίκαιος, καὶ μέτρον δίκαιον, καὶ χοῖνιξ δικαία ἔσται ὑμῖν τοῦ μέτρου,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Amos 8:4–6Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land, asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah…
  • Proverbs 11:1Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
  • Leviticus 19:35–36You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume. You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
  • Proverbs 20:10Differing weights and unequal measures — both are detestable to the LORD.
  • Deuteronomy 25:15You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
  • Micah 6:10–11Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed? Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?
  • Proverbs 16:11Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.
  • Proverbs 21:3To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
  • Isaiah 5:10For ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.”

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