Amos 8:5

Saying, When will the Rosh Chodesh be over, 1 that we may sell grain? 1 And Shabbos, that we may market wheat, 1 making the eifah (bushel) small, and the shekel great, 1 and falsifying the balances by mirmah (deceit)? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

4Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, 1 even to make the anivvei aretz (poor of the land) to fail, 1

6That we may buy the poor for kesef, 1 and the needy for a pair of sandals; 1 yea, and sell the sweepings with the wheat? 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:36Tzedek scales, tzedek weights, a tzedek ephah, and a tzedek hin, shall ye have: I am Hashem Eloheichem, which brought you out of Eretz Mitzrayim.

Numbers 28:11And at each Rosh-Chodesh of yours, ye shall offer an olah unto Hashem; two young bulls, and one ram, shivah kevasim (male lambs) of the first year temimim (unblemished ones);

Deuteronomy 25:15But thou shalt have a shleimah and tzedek weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have; that thy yamim may be lengthened in ha'adamah which Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee.

Nehemiah 13:15In those days saw I in Yehudah some treading winepresses on Shabbos, and bringing in sheaves, and loading donkeys; as also yayin, grapes, and figs, and all manner of massa (burdens), which they brought into Yerushalayim on Shabbos; and I warned them against selling food on Shabbos.

Psalms 81:3Begin a song, and bring hither the tambourine, 1 the pleasant kinnor (harp) with the nevel (lyre). 1

Proverbs 16:11A just weight and balance are Hashemʼs, 1 all the weights of the bag are His concern. 1

Matthew Henry on Amos 8:5-11

The Sin and Doom of Oppressors. ( b. c. 785.) 4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, 5 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? 6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat? 7 The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget… Read the whole commentary →

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