Deuteronomy 25:13
You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, one heavy and one light.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
In Context
12then you shall cut off her hand. Your eye shall have no pity.
14You shall not have in your house diverse measures, one large and one small.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:35“‘You shall do no unrighteousness in judgement, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.
Proverbs 11:1A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but accurate weights are his delight.
Proverbs 20:10Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.
Amos 8:5saying, ‘When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel large, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;
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 →