Deuteronomy 25:13
Do not have in your bag different weights, a great and a small;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
In Context
12Her hand is to be cut off; have no pity on her.
14Or in your house different measures, a great and a small.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:35Do not make false decisions in questions of yard-sticks and weights and measures.
Proverbs 11:1Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.
Proverbs 20:10Unequal weights and unequal measures, they are all disgusting to the Lord.
Amos 8:5Saying, When will the new moon be gone, so that we may do trade in grain? and the Sabbath, so that we may put out in the market the produce of our fields? making the measure small and the price great, and trading falsely with scales of deceit;
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 25:6-13
Marriage of a Brother's Wife. ( b. c. 1451.) 5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her. 6 And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel. 7 And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let… Read the whole commentary →