Amos 8:5

and ye seien, Whanne schal heruest passe, and we schulen sille marchaundises? and the sabat, and we schulen opene wheete? that we make lesse the mesure, and encreesse the cicle, and `vndur put gileful balauncis;

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

In Context

4Here ye this thing, whiche al to-breken a pore man, and maken nedi men of the lond for to faile;

6that we welde bi siluer nedi men and pore men for schoon, and we sille outcastyngis of wheete?

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:36and the weiytis be euene, the buschel be iust, and the sextarie be euene; Y am youre Lord God, that ladde you out of the lond of Egipt.

Numbers 28:11Forsothe in calendis, that is, in the bigynnyngis of monethis, ye schulen offre brent sacrifice to the Lord, tweyne calues of the droue, o ram, seuene lambren of o yeer, without wem,

Deuteronomy 25:15Thou schalt haue a iust weiyte and trewe, and an euene buyschel `and trewe schal be to thee, that thou lyue in myche tyme on the lond which thi Lord God schal yyue to thee.

Psalms 81:3Deme ye to the nedi man, and to the modirles child; iustifie ye the meke man and pore.

Proverbs 16:11The domes of the Lord ben weiyte and a balaunce; and hise werkis ben alle the stoonys of the world.

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