King James Version
Deuteronomy 25:14 in the King James Version says “Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures , a great and a small. divers: Heb. an ephah and an ephah” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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
Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights , a great and a small. divers: Heb. a stone and a stone
Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures , a great and a small. divers: Heb. an ephah and an ephah
But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“Thou shalt not have in thine house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“and a small”
H6996abbreviated, i.e., diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
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