“ Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. ”
Honesty in trade, as a duty to our neighbor, is emphatically enforced once more (compare Leviticus 19:35-36 ). It is noteworthy that John the Baptist puts the like duties in the forefront of his p...
Deuteronomy 25:1-3 . Another of Dt.'s humanitarian laws. Punishment by the bastinado among the ancient Hebrews and Egyptians was common (see Wilkinson- Birch, Ancient Egyptians , i. pp. 305, 308)...
divers weights. Hebrew. stone and. stone. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), for any weight. App-6.
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. Divers weights - אבן ואבן eben vaaben, a stone and a stone, because the weights were anciently made of stone, and some had two sets...
Ver. 13. Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights — In the margin of our Bibles, a stone and a stone: so, a heart and a heart, meaneth a double and deceitful heart; 1 Chronicles 12:33...
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. Thou shalt not have ... divers weights, х 'eben ( H68 ) waa'aaben ( H68 )] - 'a stone and a stone' [Septuagint, st...
Ordinances regarding the Infliction of Stripes, the Baising of Seed to a Brother, Modesty, and Fair Dealing 3. And not exceed ] In order to keep within the limit it was usual to inflict thirty-...
Deuteronomy 25:13-16 . JUST WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. So Leviticus 19:35-36 . Among the laws of moral holiness comes the law of just weights and measures. (16) An abomination unto the Lord. — So...
This chapter is a continuation of the two previous ones in giving varied instructions. Punishments were to be righteously administered and were never to be excessive. It is interesting to notice wha...
It were much to be wished that these precepts were kept in view by all persons concerned in trade.
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights ,.... Or, "a stone and a stone" y; it being usual, in those times and countries, to have their weights of stone, as it was formerly with us here; we sti...
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. Ver. 13. Divers weights, a great and a small. ] As they have that weigh not out a whole seventh day to God, who hath given men s...
Divers weights, great and small The great to buy with, the small for selling. This law taught them to be so far from practising deceit, that they were not even to have the instruments of it by them...
JUSTICE TEMPERED WITH MERCY (vs.1-3) In the law courts the judges must mete out proper justice, yet not to exceed the limits of justice. If one was guilty of serious crime, it was right to have h...
Amalek to Be Destroyed. B. C. 1451. 13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights,...
The great, either to buy with, or openly to make show of; the small, for their private use in selling.
Regulations Concerning Fair Treatment To Another Party ( Deuteronomy 25:4-16 ). The principle in these regulations is that of fair and just treatment towards other parties. The ox who treads out...
Critical Notes.—Corporal punishment . Controv. , dispute arising from inflicted injury. Justify pronounce just, Exodus 23:7 ; Proverbs 17:15 . Deuteronomy 25:2 . Lie down . “Precisely the same...
Deuteronomy 25:5 . If brethren dwell together. Not in the same house, but near each other on the ancient lot of land which the family possessed; for Moses often speaks as though the people were al...
EXPOSITION LAWS RELATING TO CORPORAL PUNISHMENT , LEVIRATE MARRIAGES , AND WEIGHTS AND MEASURES . Deuteronomy 25:1-5 The first and second verses should be read as one se...
Correct Weights and Measures
Amos 8:5 ; Ezekiel 45:10 ; Ezekiel 45:11 ; Leviticus 19:35 ; Leviticus 19:36 ; Micah 6:11 ; Micah 6:12 ; Proverbs 11:1 ; Proverbs 16:11 ; Proverbs 20:10
A great and a small — The great to buy with, the small for selling.