Deuteronomy 25:15

15 [Rather] a full and honest weight shall be {for your use}; there shall be for you a full and honest {measure}, so that your days on the land that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you may be long.

Deuteronomy 25:15 Meaning and Commentary

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 ) .

Deuteronomy 25:15 In-Context

13 "There shall not be {for your use} in your bag {two kinds of stone weights, a large one and a small one}.

14 There shall not be in your house {for your use} {two kinds of measures}.

15 [Rather] a full and honest weight shall be {for your use}; there shall be for you a full and honest {measure}, so that your days on the land that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you may be long.

16 For detestable to Yahweh your God [is] everyone who [is] doing such things, everyone who [is] acting dishonestly.

17 "Remember what Amalek did to you on the journey when you went out from Egypt,

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "for you"
• [b] Literally "an ephah"