Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Deuteronomy 25:13 Cross-References
Explore 7 cross-references for Deuteronomy 25:13 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Deuteronomy chapter 25 verse 13 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights , a great and a small. divers: Heb. a stone and a stone”
Deuteronomy 25:13 (KJV)
Commentary on Deuteronomy 25:13
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small—prohibiting dishonest merchants who carried two sets of weights: heavy ones for buying (getting more goods for payment) and light ones for selling (giving less goods for payment). The Hebrew even va-even (אֶבֶן וָאֶבֶן, 'stone and stone') refers to stone weights used with balance scales. Having multiple weights enabled fraud, cheating customers and suppliers alike.This continues Leviticus 19:35-36 and appears again in Proverbs 11:1, 16:11, 20:10, 23. Weights and measures were fundamental to commerce—grain, oil, wine, and precio...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
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Cross-References for Deuteronomy 25:13
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“but accurate weights are his delight.”
“A just weight and balance are the LORD's: all the weights of the bag are his work.”
“'When will the new moon be gone”
“and a just ephah”
“both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.”
“and with a bag of deceitful weights?”