Deuteronomy 25:13
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights,—a great and a small.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
In Context
12then shalt thou cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity.
14Thou shalt not have in thy house divers measures,—a great and a small.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:35Ye shall not act perversely in giving judgment,—in measures of extent, in weights in measures of capacity:
Proverbs 11:1A deceptive balance, is an abomination to Yahweh, but, a full weight, is his delight.
Proverbs 20:10Divers weights, and divers measures, an abomination to Yahweh, are they, both.
Amos 8:5Who say, When will the new moon, pass away, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath that we may open grain? who diminish the ephah, and increase the shekel, and who falsify by deceitful weights:
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 →