Ezekiel 45:10

10 "You shall have ¹just balances, a just ²ephah and a just ³bath.

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Ezekiel 45:10 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 45:10

Ye shall have just balances
That is, take care that true weights and just measures be used in trade and commerce, that so one man may not impose upon and cheat another; which is the business of the civil magistrate to look after: and a just ephah, and a just bath;
and not make the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit, as some did, ( Amos 8:5 ) the "ephah" was a measure for dry things, as wheat, barley and the "bath" for liquid things, as wine oil as Jarchi and Kimchi observe; see ( Leviticus 19:35 Leviticus 19:36 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Ezekiel 45:10 In-Context

8 "This shall be his land for a possession in Israel; so My princes shall no longer oppress My people, but they shall give the rest of the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes."

9 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Enough, you princes of Israel; put away violence and destruction, and practice justice and righteousness. Stop your expropriations from My people," declares the Lord GOD.

10 "You shall have just balances, a just ephah and a just bath.

11 "The ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity, so that the bath will contain a tenth of a homer and the ephah a tenth of a homer; their standard shall be according to the homer.

12 "The shekel shall be twenty gerahs; twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, and fifteen shekels shall be your maneh.

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1. Leviticus 19:36; Deuteronomy 25:15; Proverbs 16:11; Amos 8:4-6; Micah 6:10, 11
2. Isaiah 5:10
3. Isaiah 5:10

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Ezekiel 45:10 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 45:10 In-Context

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