11 (A)A false balance is an abomination to the Lord,
    (B)but a just weight is his delight.

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11 (A)A just balance and scales are the Lord's;
    all the weights in the bag are his work.

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“Thus says the Lord God: (A)Enough, O princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression, and execute justice and righteousness. Cease (B)your evictions of my people, declares the Lord God.

10 (C)“You shall have just balances, a just ephah, and a just bath.[a] 11 The ephah and the bath shall be (D)of the same measure, (E)the bath containing one tenth of a homer,[b] and the ephah one tenth of a homer; the homer shall be the standard measure. 12 (F)The shekel shall be twenty gerahs;[c] twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels shall be your mina.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 45:10 An ephah was about 3/5 of a bushel or 22 liters; a bath was about 6 gallons or 22 liters
  2. Ezekiel 45:11 A homer was about 6 bushels or 220 liters
  3. Ezekiel 45:12 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams; a gerah was about 1/50 ounce or 0.6 gram
  4. Ezekiel 45:12 A mina was about 1 1/4 pounds or 0.6 kilogram

13 “You (A)shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a large and a small. 14 You shall not have in your house two kinds of measures, a large and a small. 15 A full and fair[a] weight you shall have, a full and fair measure you shall have, (B)that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. 16 For (C)all who do such things, all who act dishonestly, (D)are an abomination to the Lord your God.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 25:15 Or just, or righteous; twice in this verse

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