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Leviticus 19:36

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Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
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  1. Exodus 20:2Rank 1 from verse 36
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    2I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

  2. Proverbs 11:1Rank 2 from verse 36
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    1A FALSE balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.

  3. Deuteronomy 25:13–15Rank 3 from verse 36
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    13¶ Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

    14Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.

    15But 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.

  4. Proverbs 20:10Rank 4 from verse 36
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    10Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.

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Leviticus 19:36

COMBINED MEANING

balances

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1. An instrument with opposing scales for weighing. 2. By figure, the weighing or judging of a person or matter.

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weights

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Sense 1: Measures or objects used to determine heaviness. Sense 2: The standards by which things are weighed.

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ephah

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1. A dry measure equal to the tenth part of a homer. 2. A vessel or representation bearing that measure.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

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

19:36Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.

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19:37Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the Lord.

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