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Leviticus 19:35

Leviticus 19:35
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment,.... This is repeated from Lev 19:15; and in order to lead on to some other laws and instructions; though Aben Ezra thinks this is said in connection with…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Leviticus 19:35-36

The ephah is here taken as the standard of dry measure, and the bin (see Exo 29:40 note) as the standard of liquid measure. Of the two very different estimates of the capacities of these measures, the…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Ye shall do no unrighteousness - Ye shall not act contrary to the strictest justice in any case, and especially in the four following, which properly understood, comprise all that can occur between a…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Leviticus 19:30-37

Here is, I. A law for the preserving of the honour of the time and place appropriated to the service of God, Lev 19:30. This would be a means to secure them both from the idolatries and superstitions…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Leviticus 19:35-36

Uprightness enjoined in judgement and in commercial dealings. Cp. Deu 25:13-16; Eze 45:9 ff.

meteyard lit. (Anglo-Saxon met-geard) a measuring rod. For the word see Taming of the Shrew, iv. 3.…