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OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 36

Leviticus 19:36

World English Bible Updated

You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah,† and a just hin.† I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

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Leviticus 19:33–37

33

“‘If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.

34

The stranger who lives as a foreigner with you shall be to you as the native-born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you lived as foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

35

“‘You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.

36
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You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah,† and a just hin.† I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

37

“‘You shall observe all my statutes and all my ordinances, and do them. I am the LORD.’”

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  1. 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
  2. A hin is about 6.5 liters or 1.7 gallons.

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