Leviticus 19:36
“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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Just balances, just weights,.... Which were for such sort of things as were bought and sold by weight, and these were to…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Leviticus 19:35-36
The ephah is here taken as the standard of dry measure, and the bin (see Exo 29:40 note) as the standard of liquid…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Just balances - Scales, steel-yard, etc. Weights, אבנים abanim, stones, as the weights appear to have been originally…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Leviticus 19:30-37
Here is, I. A law for the preserving of the honour of the time and place appropriated to the service of God, Lev 19:30.…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921Leviticus 19:35-36
Uprightness enjoined in judgement and in commercial dealings. Cp. Deu 25:13-16; Eze 45:9 ff.
meteyard lit. (Anglo-Saxon…
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