Deuteronomy 25:13
Thou shalt not have divers weights in thy bag, a greater and a less:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
In Context
12Thou shalt cut off her hand, neither shalt thou be moved with any pity in her regard.
14Neither shall there be in thy house a greater bushel and a less.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:35Do not any unjust thing in judgment, in rule, in weight, or in measure.
Proverbs 11:1A deceitful balance is an abomination before the Lord: and a just weight is his will.
Proverbs 20:10Diverse weights and diverse measures, both are abominable before God.
Amos 8:5Saying: When will the month be over, and we shall sell our wares: and the sabbath, and we shall open the corn: that we may lessen the measure, and increase the sicle, and may convey in deceitful balances,
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 →