You shall have a perfect and just weight. You shall have a perfect and just measure, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
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You shall have a perfect and just weight. You shall have a perfect and just measure, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
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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.
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A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just measure shalt thou have; that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Cross-references (10)
Passages linked to Deuteronomy 25:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 20:12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
- Deuteronomy 4:40 You shall keep his statutes and his commandments which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for all time.
- Deuteronomy 5:16 “Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
- Deuteronomy 5:33 You shall walk in all the way which Yahweh your God has commanded you, that you may live and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess.
- Deuteronomy 6:18 You shall do that which is right and good in Yahweh’s sight, that it may be well with you and that you may go in and possess the good land which Yahweh swore to your fathers,
- Deuteronomy 11:9 and that you may prolong your days in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give to them and to their offspring, a land flowing with milk and honey.
- Psalms 34:12 Who is someone who desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good?
- Ephesians 6:3 “that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.”
- 1 Peter 3:10 For, “He who would love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
- Deuteronomy 17:20 that his heart not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he not turn away from the commandment to the right hand, or to the left, to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the middle of Israel.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But thou shall have a perfect and just weight,…
But thou shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shall thou have,.... That is, full weights, and full measures; and such as are alike, and everywhere used, according to the standard of the country; See Gill on Lev 19:36,
that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee; long life was always reckoned a blessing, and is frequently promised to, obedience, and particularly long life in the land of Canaan; which was a most delightful and fruitful land, and which a man might wish to live long in; deceitful men, are threatened with not living half their days, and such may they be said to be that use false weights and measures, Psa 55:23.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 15. That thy days may be lengthened — Comp.…
15. That thy days may be lengthened — Comp. Exo_20:12.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 15. A perfect and just weight] Lit. A whole…
15. A perfect and just weight] Lit. A whole stone and of the norm. Both adj. shelemah and noun ṣedeḳ are used here in their original and physical meaning. H, Lev_19:36 : balances, stones, ephah and hîn—of the norm.
that thy days, etc.] Deu_5:16. See on Deu_4:26. Giveth, is to give.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
General Information:
Moses continues speaking to the people of Israel about using fair weights and measures when buying and selling. He speaks to the Israelites as if they were one man, so the words "you" and "your" here are singular. (See: Forms of You)
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A perfect and just
"A correct and fair"
weight ... measure
See how you translated these words in Deuteronomy 25:13.
your days may be long
This is an idiom. AT: "you may live for a long time" (See: Idiom)
For all who do such things, all that act unrighteously
"because everyone who cheats people by using different sized weights and measures"
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