Deuteronomy 25:15
15
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.
Read Deuteronomy 25:15 Using Other Translations
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.
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.
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.
What does Deuteronomy 25:15 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Deuteronomy
25:15
[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
Leviticus 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, ( Psalms 55:23
) .
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