Leviticus 19:36
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“righteous balances, righteous weights, a righteous ephah, and a righteous hin ye have; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God, who hath brought you out from the land of Egypt;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Leviticus 19:36 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 20:2“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Leviticus 11:45For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.
- Deuteronomy 25:13You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
- 1 Chronicles 23:29as well as for the rows of the showbread, the fine flour for the grain offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the baking, the mixing, and all measurements of quantity and size.
- Proverbs 11:1Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
- Proverbs 16:11Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.
- Proverbs 20:10Differing weights and unequal measures— both are detestable to the LORD.
- Ezekiel 45:10You must use honest scales, a just ephah, and a just bath.
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