^25:13You must not have in your bag different stone weights,²⁴ a heavy and a light one.²⁵^25:14You must not have in your house different measuring containers,²⁶ a large and a small one. ^25:15You must have an accurate and correct²⁷ stone weight and an accurate and correct measuring container, so that your life may be extended in the land the Lord your God is about to give you. ^25:16For anyone who acts dishonestly in these ways is abhorrent²⁸ to the Lord your God.

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Footnotes

24 Heb “a stone and a stone.” The repetition of the singular noun here expresses diversity, as the following phrase indicates. See §7.2.3c.
25 Heb “a large and a small,” but since the issue is the weight, “a heavy and a light one” conveys the idea better in English.
26 Heb “an ephah and an ephah.” An ephah refers to a unit of dry measure roughly equivalent to five U.S. gallons (just under 20 liters). On the repetition of the term to indicate diversity, see §7.2.3c.
27 Or “just”; Heb “righteous.”
28 The Hebrew term translated here “abhorrent” (תּוֹעֵבָה, to’evah) speaks of attitudes and/or behaviors so vile as to be reprehensible to a holy God. See note on the word “abhorrent” in .

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a large and a small. You shall not have in your house two kinds of measures, a large and a small. A full and fair weight you shall have, a full and fair measure you shall have, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. For all who do such things, all who act dishonestly, are an abomination to the Lord your God.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do not have two differing weights in your bag—one heavy, one light. Do not have two differing measures in your house—one large, one small. You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you. For the Lord your God detests anyone who does these things, anyone who deals dishonestly.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Do not have differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light. Do not have differing dry measures in your house, a larger and a smaller. You must have a full and honest weight, a full and honest dry measure, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you. For everyone who does such things and acts unfairly is detestable to the Lord your God.

NLTNew Living Translation

“You must use accurate scales when you weigh out merchandise, and you must use full and honest measures. Yes, always use honest weights and measures, so that you may enjoy a long life in the land the Lord your God is giving you. All who cheat with dishonest weights and measures are detestable to the Lord your God.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“There shall not be for your use in your bag two kinds of stone weights, a large one and a small one. There shall not be in your house for your use two kinds of measures. Rather a full and honest weight shall be for your use; there shall be for you a full and honest measure, so that your days on the land that Yahweh your God is giving to you may be long. For detestable to Yahweh your God is everyone who is doing such things, everyone who is acting dishonestly.

KJV 1900King James Version

Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the Lord thy God.

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