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Deuteronomy 25:14 Cross-References
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“Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures , a great and a small. divers: Heb. an ephah and an ephah”
Deuteronomy 25:14 (KJV)
Commentary on Deuteronomy 25:14
Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small—extending the prohibition from portable weights (bag) to household measures (containers for dry goods). The Hebrew ephah ve-ephah (אֵיפָה וְאֵיפָה) literally means 'ephah and ephah,' referring to the standard dry measure (about 22 liters). Like the bag of diverse weights, multiple measures enabled fraud—large measures for receiving payment, small ones for delivering goods.The home reference indicates many Israelites would operate small-scale businesses from their residences—baking, brewing, weaving, oil-pressing. The law r...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
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