You shall not have in your house diverse measures, one large and one small.
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You shall not have in your house diverse measures, one large and one small.
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Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.
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Thou shalt not have in thy house diverse measures, a great and a small.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hebrew, Ephah and Ephah, read Exod. 12:6.
Hebrew, Ephah and Ephah, read Exod. 12:6.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Thou shall not have in thine house divers, measures,....…
Thou shall not have in thine house divers, measures,.... Or, "an ephah and an ephah"; which was one sort of measure in use with the Jews, and held above a bushel; and is put for all others, which should be alike, and not
a great and a small; one to buy with, and another to sell by, as before observed; which would be to cheat both seller and buyer in their turns; see Amo 8:5.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 14. Divers measures] Literally, an ephah and an…
Verse 14. Divers measures] Literally, an ephah and an ephah; one large, to buy thy neighbour's wares, another small, to sell thy own by. So there were knaves in all ages, and among all nations. See Clarke on Ex 16:16, and See Clarke on Le 19:35.
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 14. Divers measures — An ephah and an ephah…
14. Divers measures — An ephah and an ephah is the Hebrew. The prohibition is to condemn the having one kind of weight and measure for buying and another for selling.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 14. divers measures] Lit. an ephah and an ephah;…
14. divers measures] Lit. an ephah and an ephah; the ephah = 8.005 gallons.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.