Tree of Life Version
Leviticus 19:35
35“You must not be dishonest in judgment—in measurements of length, weight or of quantity.
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“If an outsider dwells with you in your land, you shall do him no wrong. 34The outsider dwelling among you should be to you as the native-born among you. You should love him as yourself—for you dwelled as outsiders in the land of Egypt. I am Adonai your God. “You must not be dishonest in judgment—in measurements of length, weight or of quantity. 36You are to have honest balances, honest weights, honest bushel-measure and an honest gallon. I am Adonai your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. 37You must observe all My statutes and all My ordinances—do them. I am Adonai.”
Read all of Leviticus 19Leviticus 19:35 word by word
לֹא־תַעֲשׂ֥וּ עָ֖וֶל בַּמִּשְׁפָּ֑ט בַּמִּדָּ֕ה בַּמִּשְׁקָ֖ל וּבַמְּשׂוּרָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Leviticus 19:35
- Leviticus 19:15“You are to do no injustice in judgment. You are not to be partial toward the poor nor show favoritism toward the great, but you are to judge your neighbor with fairness.
- Deuteronomy 25:13“You are not to have stones of different weights in your bag—large and small.
- Proverbs 11:1Dishonest scales are an abomination to Adonai, but an accurate weight is His delight.
- Proverbs 16:11Honest balances and scales are Adonai’s. All the weights in a bag are His handiwork.
- Proverbs 20:10Unequal weights and measures— both are an abomination to Adonai.
- Ezekiel 22:12They accept bribes in order to shed blood in you; you have taken usurious interest. You have greedily gained by oppressing your neighbors, and you have forgotten Me.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
- Amos 8:5saying: ‘When will the New Moon be over, so we may sell grain? Or Shabbat, so we may open the wheat market? —Let’s reduce the ephah measure and increase the shekel, cheat with deceitful balances,
- Micah 6:1Hear what Adonai is saying: “Arise! Contend with the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.
- Matthew 7:2For with the judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, 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
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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
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