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Selected Verse: Leviticus 19:35 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Le 19:35 |
Strong Concordance |
Ye shall do [06213] no unrighteousness [05766] in judgment [04941], in meteyard [04060], in weight [04948], or in measure [04884]. |
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King James |
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The ephah is here taken as the standard of dry measure, and the bin (see Exo 29:40 note) as the standard of liquid measure. Of the two very different estimates of the capacities of these measures, the more probable is that the ephah did not hold quite four gallons and a half, and the hin not quite six pints. The log was a twelfth part of the hin Lev 14:10.
Lev 19:36
I am the Lord your God ... - A full stop should precede these words. They intraduce the formal conclusion to the whole string of precepts in this chapter, which are all enforced upon the ground of the election of the nation by Yahweh who had delivered them from the bondage of Egypt. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| As a universal rule, they were to do no wrong in judgment (the administration of justice, Lev 19:15), or in social intercourse and trade with weights and measures of length and capacity; but to keep just scales, weights, and measures. On ephah and hin, see at Exo 16:36 and Exo 29:40. In the renewal of this command in Deu 25:13-16, it is forbidden to carry "stone and stone" in the bag, i.e., two kinds of stones (namely, for weights), large and small; or to keep two kinds of measures, a large one for buying and a small one for selling; and full (unadulterated) and just weight and measure are laid down as an obligation. This was a command, the breach of which was frequently condemned (Pro 16:11; Pro 20:10, Pro 20:23; Amo 8:5; Mic 6:10, cf. Eze 45:10). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| In mete - yard - In the measuring of lands, or dry things, as cloth, ribband. In measure - In the measuring liquid or such dry things as are only contigious, as corn or wine. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Ye shall do no unrighteousness - Ye shall not act contrary to the strictest justice in any case, and especially in the four following, which properly understood, comprise all that can occur between a man and his fellow.
1. Judgment in all cases that come before the civil magistrate; he is to judge and decide according to the law.
2. Mete-Yard, במדה bammiddah, in measures of length and surface, such as the reed, cubit, foot, span, hand's breadth, among the Jews; or ell, yard, foot, and inch, among us.
3. Weight, במשכל bammishkal, in any thing that is weighed, the weights being all according to the standards kept for the purpose of trying the rest in the sanctuary, as appears from Exo 30:13; Ch1 23:29; these weights were the talent, shekel, barleycorn, etc.
4. Measure, במשורה bammesurah, from which we derive our term. This refers to all measures of capacity, such as the homer, ephah, seah, hin, omer, kab, and log. See all these explained at Exo 16:16 (note). |
36 Just [06664] balances [03976], just [06664] weights [068], a just [06664] ephah [0374], and a just [06664] hin [01969], shall ye have: I am the LORD [03068] your God [0430], which brought you out [03318] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].
10 And on the eighth [08066] day [03117] he shall take [03947] two [08147] he lambs [03532] without blemish [08549], and one [0259] ewe lamb [03535] of the first [01323] year [08141] without blemish [08549], and three [07969] tenth deals [06241] of fine flour [05560] for a meat offering [04503], mingled [01101] with oil [08081], and one [0259] log [03849] of oil [08081].
40 And with the one [0259] lamb [03532] a tenth [06241] deal of flour [05560] mingled [01101] with the fourth part [07253] of an hin [01969] of beaten [03795] oil [08081]; and the fourth part [07243] of an hin [01969] of wine [03196] for a drink offering [05262].
10 Ye shall have just [06664] balances [03976], and a just [06664] ephah [0374], and a just [06664] bath [01324].
10 Are there [0786] yet the treasures [0214] of wickedness [07562] [0376] in the house [01004] of the wicked [07563], and the scant [07332] measure [0374] that is abominable [02194]?
5 Saying [0559], When will the new moon [02320] be gone [05674], that we may sell [07666] corn [07668]? and the sabbath [07676], that we may set forth [06605] wheat [01250], making the ephah [0374] small [06994], and the shekel [08255] great [01431], and falsifying [05791] the balances [03976] by deceit [04820]?
23 Divers weights [068] [068] are an abomination [08441] unto the LORD [03068]; and a false [04820] balance [03976] is not good [02896].
10 Divers weights [068] [068], and divers measures [0374] [0374], both [08147] of them are alike [01571] abomination [08441] to the LORD [03068].
11 A just [04941] weight [06425] and balance [03976] are the LORD'S [03068]: all the weights [068] of the bag [03599] are his work [04639].
13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag [03599] divers weights [068] [068], a great [01419] and a small [06996].
14 Thou shalt not have in thine house [01004] divers measures [0374] [0374], a great [01419] and a small [06996].
15 But thou shalt have a perfect [08003] and just [06664] weight [068], a perfect [08003] and just [06664] measure [0374] shalt thou have: that thy days [03117] may be lengthened [0748] in the land [0127] which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] giveth [05414] thee.
16 For all that do [06213] such things [0428], and all that do [06213] unrighteously [05766], are an abomination [08441] unto the LORD [03068] thy God [0430].
40 And with the one [0259] lamb [03532] a tenth [06241] deal of flour [05560] mingled [01101] with the fourth part [07253] of an hin [01969] of beaten [03795] oil [08081]; and the fourth part [07243] of an hin [01969] of wine [03196] for a drink offering [05262].
36 Now an omer [06016] is the tenth [06224] part of an ephah [0374].
15 Ye shall do [06213] no unrighteousness [05766] in judgment [04941]: thou shalt not respect [05375] the person [06440] of the poor [01800], nor honour [01921] the person [06440] of the mighty [01419]: but in righteousness [06664] shalt thou judge [08199] thy neighbour [05997].
16 This is the thing [01697] which [0834] the LORD [03068] hath commanded [06680], Gather [03950] of it every man [0376] according [06310] to his eating [0400], an omer [06016] for every man [01538], according to the number [04557] of your persons [05315]; take [03947] ye every man [0376] for them which are in his tents [0168].
29 Both for the shewbread [03899] [04635], and for the fine flour [05560] for meat offering [04503], and for the unleavened [04682] cakes [07550], and for that which is baked in the pan [04227], and for that which is fried [07246], and for all manner of measure [04884] and size [04060];
13 This they shall give [05414], every one that passeth [05674] among [05921] them that are numbered [06485], half [04276] a shekel [08255] after the shekel [08255] of the sanctuary [06944]: (a shekel [08255] is twenty [06242] gerahs [01626]:) an half [04276] shekel [08255] shall be the offering [08641] of the LORD [03068].