Deuteronomy 25:13-16
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Summary
- Honesty in weights and measures.
Details and/or Comments
- Not doing this is a violation of the Eighth Commandment and Ninth Commandment.
Scripture
Deuteronomy 25:13-16
| Scripture Passage | Comments and Links |
| Deu 25:13 You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
Deu 25:14 You shall not have in your house diverse measures, a great and a small. Deu 25:15 You shall have a perfect and just weight. You shall have a perfect and just measure, ... |
YOU MUST NOT HAVE: Varying weights and measures, so that you can defraud others to your own advantage.
YOU MUST HAVE: Accurate weights and measures. |
| ... that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
Deu 25:16 For all who do such things, even all who do unrighteously, are an abomination to Yahweh your God. |
WHY?
1) Long life in the land. 2) God detests all who do such dishonest things. |
Ch. 2 & 3 (selected) • 5:1-33 • 6:1-25 • 7:1-26 • 8:1-20 • 9:1-29 • 11:1-28 • 13:1-18 • 18:15-22 • 19:14 • 20:1-20 • 21:22-23 • Ch. 22 (selected) • 23:12-14, 19-25 • 24:6, 10-22 • 25:4 • 25:13-16 • 26:1-15 • 28:1-68 • 29:1-29 • 30:1-20 |
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