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Deuteronomy 25:14
Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small, a large ephah or dry measure for purchases, a small ephah for sales.
Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small, a large ephah or dry measure for purchases, a small ephah for sales.
Verse Deuteronomy 25:14. _DIVERS MEASURES_] Literally, _an ephah and an ephah_; one _large_, to buy thy neighbour's wares, another _small_, to sell thy own by. So there were _knaves_ in all ages, and...
Honesty in trade, as a duty to our neighbor, is emphatically enforced once more (compare Leviticus 19:35). It is noteworthy that John the Baptist puts the like duties in the forefront of his preaching...
21. VARIOUS LAWS AND RESPONSIBILITIES CHAPTER 25 _ 1. Corporal punishment (Deuteronomy 25:1)_ 2. Thou shalt not muzzle the ox (Deuteronomy 25:4) 3. The brother-in-law's marriage (Deu
DEUTERONOMY 25:1. Another of Dt.'s humanitarian laws. Punishment by the bastinado among the ancient Hebrews and Egyptians was common (see Wilkinson- Birch, _Ancient Egyptians_, i. pp. 305, 308). The p...
DIVERS MEASURES. Hebrew an ephah and an ephah. Compare Leviticus 19:35; Leviticus 19:36; Proverbs 11:1; Proverbs 20:10. See App-51.
_divers measures_ Lit. _an ephah and an ephah_; the ephah = 8.005 gallons....
Against Divers Weights and Measures Israel shall not use these greater (for purchases) and smaller (for sales) for he who does so is an abomination to Jehovah (Deuteronomy 25:13 f., Deuteronomy 25:16...
(20) JUST WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (Deuteronomy 25:13-16) 13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small. 14 Thou shalt not have in thy house diverse measures, a great and a small....
_THOU SHALT NOT HAVE IN THINE HOUSE DIVERS MEASURES, A GREAT AND A SMALL._ Divers measures, х_ 'EEYPAAH_ (H374) _ Wª'EEYPAAH_ (H374)] - 'an ephah and an ephah,' which was the common and standard meas...
ORDINANCES REGARDING THE INFLICTION OF STRIPES, THE BAISING OF SEED TO A BROTHER, MODESTY, AND FAIR DEALING 3. _And_ NOT EXCEED] In order to keep within the limit it was usual to inflict thirty-nine s...
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 25 V1 ‘Perhaps two men have an argument and they go to court. The judges declare that one man i...
Deuteronomy 25:13. JUST WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. So Leviticus 19:35. Among the laws of moral holiness comes the law of just weights and measures. (16) AN ABOMINATION UNTO THE LORD. — So in Proverbs 1
לֹא ־יִהְיֶ֥ה לְךָ֛ בְּ בֵיתְךָ֖ אֵיפָ֣ה וְ
This chapter is a continuation of the two previous ones in giving varied instructions. Punishments were to be righteously administered and were never to be excessive. It is interesting to notice what...
It were much to be wished that these precepts were kept in view by all persons concerned in trade....
It is clear that a new division of the statutes and judgments of this book begins with the later verses just read from Deuteronomy 16:1-22. What belonged to the religious life of Israel was closed wit...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22, 23, 24, AND 25. Chapter 22 appears to contain ordinances to guard the people from want of benevolence and mercy, and of that which would offend the sensib...
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 shou...
1 Stripes must not exceed fortie. 4 The Oxe is not to be musled. 5 Of raising seed vnto a brother. 11 Of the immodest woman. 13 Of vniust weights. 17 The memorie of Amalek is to be blotted out....
JUSTICE TEMPERED WITH MERCY (vs.1-3) In the law courts the judges must mete out proper justice, yet not to exceed the limits of justice. If one was guilty of serious crime, it was right to have him b...
DIVERS MEASURES: _ Heb._ an Ephah, and an Ephah...
13-16 Dishonest gain always brings a curse on men's property, families, and souls. Happy those who judge themselves, repent of and forsake their sins, and put away evil things, that they may not be co...
No text from Poole on this verse....
The portion of our book on which we now enter, though not calling for elaborate exposition, yet teaches us two very important practical lessons In the first place, many of the institutions and ordinan...
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REGULATIONS CONCERNING FAIR TREATMENT TO ANOTHER PARTY (DEUTERONOMY 25:4). The principle in these regulations is that of fair and just treatment towards other parties. The ox who treads out the grain...
CONTENTS: Divers regulations. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: Justice and equity will bring down upon us the blessing of God. Those who do unrighteously are an abomination to the Lord and misera...
Deuteronomy 25:5. _If brethren dwell together._ Not in the same house, but near each other on the ancient lot of land which the family possessed; for Moses often speaks as though the people were alrea...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 25:13 TWO KINDS OF WEIGHTS... TWO KINDS OF MEASURES. A dishonest person might use one set of weights or measures for selling and another for buying. See...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 25:1__ The laws in this section relate to things like administering justice, providing for widows, and being honest in business. They relate to the ninth commandment: “...
CRITICAL NOTES.—CORPORAL PUNISHMENT. _Controv._, dispute arising from inflicted injury. Justify pronounce just, Exodus 23:7; Proverbs 17:15. DEUTERONOMY 25:2. LIE DOWN. “Precisely the same as the Egyp...
EXPOSITION LAWS RELATING TO CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, LEVIRATE MARRIAGES, AND WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. DEUTERONOMY 25:1 The first and second verses should be read as one se
Now in Chapter twenty-five, he continues these interesting kinds of regulations. If two men have a controversy between themselves, then they come to the judges; and let the judges justify the righteou...
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