Ezekiel 45:10

Have true scales and a true ephah and a true bath.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

In Context

9This is what the Lord has said: Let this be enough for you, O rulers of Israel: let there be an end of violent behaviour and wasting; do what is right, judging uprightly; let there be no more driving out of my people, says the Lord.

11The ephah and the bath are to be of the same measure, so that the bath is equal to a tenth of a homer, and the ephah to a tenth of a homer: the unit of measure is to be a homer.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:36Have true scales, true weights and measures for all things: I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt;

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.

Isaiah 5:10For ten fields of vines will only give one measure of wine, and a great amount of seed will only give a small measure of grain.

Micah 6:10Am I to let the stores of the evil-doer go out of my memory, and the short measure, which is cursed?

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 45:10-13

Rules of Justice. ( b. c. 574.) 9 Thus saith the Lord God ; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord God . 10 Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. 11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of a homer, and the ephah the tenth part of a homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer. 12 And the shekel shall be twenty… Read the whole commentary →

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