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Deuteronomy 25:14

Listen to Deuteronomy 25:14
14 Never have two kinds of measures in your house, a larger one and a smaller one.

Deuteronomy 25:14 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 25:14

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 ( Amos 8:5 ) .

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Deuteronomy 25:14 In-Context

12 cut off her hand. Have no pity on her.
13 Never carry two sets of weights, a heavier one and a lighter one.
14 Never have two kinds of measures in your house, a larger one and a smaller one.
15 Use accurate and honest weights and measures. Then you will live for a long time in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
16 Everyone who uses dishonest weights and measures is disgusting to the LORD.
GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of God's Word to the Nations. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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