Deuteronomy 25:13
You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
In Context
12you are to cut off her hand. You must show her no pity.
14You shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:35You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.
Proverbs 11:1Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
Proverbs 20:10Differing weights and unequal measures — both are detestable to the LORD.
Amos 8:5asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.
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 →