Leviticus 19:35

Leviticus 19:35 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight or quantity.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity.
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘You shall do no injustice in judgment, in measurement of length, weight, or volume.

Context of Leviticus 19:35

33‘When a stranger resides with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. 34The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt; I am the Lord your God. ‘You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight, or volume. 36You shall have accurate balances, accurate weights, an accurate ephah, and an accurate hin; I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt. 37So you shall keep all My statutes and all My ordinances, and do them; I am the Lord.’”

Leviticus 19:35 word by word

לֹא־תַעֲשׂ֥וּ עָ֖וֶל בַּמִּשְׁפָּ֑ט בַּמִּדָּ֕ה בַּמִּשְׁקָ֖ל וּבַמְּשׂוּרָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• You shall doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• noלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• wrongעָ֫וֶל‛evel ‛âvel ‛avlâh ‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · injusticeH5766
• in judgmentמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
• in measurementמִדָּהmiddâh · measureH4060
• of weightמִשְׁקָלmishqâl · weightH4948
• or volumeמְשׂוּרָהmeώûrâh · capacityH4884

Cross-references for Leviticus 19:35

• Leviticus 19:15‘You shall not do injustice in judgment; you shall not show partiality to the poor nor give preference to the great, but you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
• Deuteronomy 25:13“You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small.
• Proverbs 11:1A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, But a just weight is His delight.
• Proverbs 16:11A just balance and scales belong to the Lord; All the weights of the bag are His concern.
• Proverbs 20:10Differing weights and differing measures, Both of them are abominable to the Lord.
• Ezekiel 22:12Among you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest, you have injured your neighbors by oppression, and you have forgotten Me,” declares the Lord God.
• Amos 8:5saying, “When will the new moon be over, So that we may sell grain; And the Sabbath, so that we may open the wheat market, To make the ephah smaller and the shekel bigger, And to cheat with dishonest scales,
• Micah 6:1Hear now what the Lord is saying, “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, And let the hills hear your voice.
• Matthew 7:2For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you.

Commentaries on Leviticus 19:35

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 35Ye shall do no unrighteousness - Ye shall not act contrary to the strictest justice in any case, and especially in the four following, which properly understood, comprise all that can occur between a man and his fellow. Judgment in all cases that come before the civil magistrate; he is to judge and decide according to the law. Mete-Yard, במדה bammiddah, in measures of length and surface, such as the reed, cubit, foot, span, hand's breadth, among the Jews…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 35The ephah is here taken as the standard of dry measure, and the bin (see Exodus 29:40 note) as the standard of liquid measure. Of the two very different estimates of the capacities of these measures, the more probable is that the ephah did not hold quite four gallons and a half, and the hin not quite six pints. The log was a twelfth part of the hin Leviticus 14:10. Leviticus 19:36 I am the Lord your God … - A full stop should precede these words. They…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 35-36dishonest measures: Merchants sometimes used two sets of weights, one heavy and one light to cheat customers (Deuteronomy 25:13–15). The Bible clearly states that God detested this practice (Proverbs 11:1; 16:11; 20:10, 23; Micah 6:11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-372. Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel--Many of the laws enumerated in this chapter had been previously announced. As they were, however, of a general application, not suited to particular classes, but to the nation at large, so Moses seems, according to divine instructions, to have rehearsed them, perhaps on different occasions and to successive divisions of the people, till "all the congregation of the children of Israel" were…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 19:35

• Dishonesty
• Honesty
• Injustice
• Measure
• Weights

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Commentaries on Leviticus 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings