Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary
Leviticus 19:35
In mete-yard In the measuring of lands, or dry things, as cloth, riband. In measure In the measuring liquid or such dry things as are only contiguous, as corn or wine.
In mete-yard In the measuring of lands, or dry things, as cloth, riband. In measure In the measuring liquid or such dry things as are only contiguous, as corn or wine.
Verse Leviticus 19:35. _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...
The ephah is here taken as the standard of dry measure, and the bin (see Exodus 29:40 note) as the standard of liquid measure. Of the two very different estimates of the capacities of these measures,...
2. DIFFERENT DUTIES CHAPTER 19 _ 1. Honoring parents and fearing God (Leviticus 19:1)_ 2. The care of the poor (Leviticus 19:9) 3. Against stealing and lying (Leviticus 19:11) 4
FINAL RULES OF HUMANITY AND JUSTICE. Resident aliens are to be respected; fraud is to be banished. For the stranger, _cf. Leviticus 17:8_ f.*. Straightforward dealing is here placed in a position of s...
METEYARD. measures of length or dimension. WEIGHT. measures of weight. MEASURE. measures of capacity....
Uprightness enjoined in judgement and in commercial dealings. Cp. Deuteronomy 25:13-16; Ezekiel 45:9 ff. _meteyard_ lit. (Anglo-Saxon _met-geard_) a measuring rod. For the word see _Taming of the Shr...
YE SHALL DO NO UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IN JUDGMENT, &C.— i.e. "Ye shall conduct yourselves through life, and especially in all your commerce and dealings, by the strictest rules of exact justice." It is to be...
CONCLUDING INJUCTIONS 19:30-37 TEXT 19:30-37 30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am Jehovah. 31 Turn ye not unto them that have familiar spirits, nor unto the wizards; seek...
_YE SHALL DO NO UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IN JUDGMENT, IN METEYARD, IN WEIGHT, OR IN MEASURE._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
METEYARD] i.e. measuring rod....
VARIOUS LAWS, MAINLY OF A MORAL AND HUMANE CHARACTER This chapter was very naturally regarded by Jewish authorities as an embodiment of the Decalogue. It will be observed that in general the precepts...
LEVITICUS *WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS LEVITICUS _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...
YE SHALL DO NO UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IN JUDGMENT. — It will be seen that the Lawgiver uses here exactly the same phrase with regard to meting out right measure which he used in connection with the administr...
לֹא ־תַעֲשׂ֥וּ עָ֖וֶל בַּ † מִּשְׁפָּ֑ט בַּ...
THE LAW OF HOLINESS (CONCLUDED) Leviticus 19:1 WE have in this chapter a series of precepts and prohibitions which from internal evidence appear to have been selected by an inspired redactor of the c...
The more positive habits of separation are insisted on by the repetition of laws already given, with one reiterated emphasis, namely, the fact that the God of this people is Jehovah. There was, first,...
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in (o) meteyard, in weight, or in measure. (o) As in measuring the ground....
_Rule; Hebrew, "taking dimensions" with a yard, tape, &c._...
These precepts are to the same effect as the former, in point of plainness and tendency. And they are enforced by the same authority. It is very interesting to the true believer in CHRIST, while readi...
We have seen the various forms of the work of Christ, of His offering of Himself to God, whether in all the perfectness of His life, or in His death as the means of our acceptance. We have seen furthe...
Leviticus 19:35_Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment_. If you take the word judgment in its strict sense, this will be a special precept, that judges should faithfully do justice to all, and not...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 AND 20. Chapter s 19, 20, carry us somewhat farther. They were to be holy, for Jehovah was holy. Chapter 19 takes up rather the side of good, though keepin...
YE SHALL DO NO UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IN JUDGMENT,.... This is repeated from Leviticus 19:15; and in order to lead on to some other laws and instructions; though Aben Ezra thinks this is said in connection w...
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. Ver. 35. _Mete yard._] Or line, for measuring of ground....
1 A repetition of sundry Lawes. 1 AND the LORD spake vnto Moses, saying, 2 Speake vnto all the Congregation of the children of Israel, and say vnto them, [NOTE: Leviticus 11:44; Leviticus 20:7; 1 Pet...
MANY LAWS GROUPED TOGETHER (VV. 1-37) We have seen at the beginning and end of chapter 18 God's announcement, “I am the Lord your God.” In chapter 19 the expression “I am the Lord” occurs 15 times. Bu...
IN METEYARD; in the measuring of lands, or any dry and continued things, as cloth, ribband, &c. IN MEASURE; in the measuring of liquid or such dry things as are not continued, only contiguous, as of c...
Leviticus 19:35 do H6213 (H8799) injustice H5766 judgment H4941 length H4060 weight H4948 volume H4884 no unrighteousness -...
THE IMPORTANCE OF JUSTICE AND HONESTY (LEVITICUS 19:35). Leviticus 19:35 “You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity. Just balances, just weights,...
CONTENTS: Further laws concerning proper relationships. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: God's people being distinguished from all other people by a peculiar relationship with Him through Christ,...
The leading precepts of the law are here repeated to give them new force, and with many additions and illustrations, that they might be better understood. Most of these having already been explained,...
_Just balances, Just weights shall ye have._ BUSINESS HONESTY I. Social life is based upon commercial contracts. Each bringing to the other some product of skill or toil. We cannot supply a fraction...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 19:1__ The Lord strongly commands the people (including the priests) to become holy in their practice, as he is holy (v. Leviticus 19:2). They do this by observi
Practical Piety: Religion in all Relationships SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 19:2.—Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say: Nowhere else in the whole of Leviticus does this...
EXPOSITION From the prohibition of moral uncleanness exhibiting itself in the form of incest and licentiousness, the legislator proceeds to a series of laws and commandments against other kinds of imm...
Now God continues in this same vein, as He moves into chapter nineteen. Speak unto all of the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am ho...
Amos 8:5; Amos 8:6; Deuteronomy 25:13; Deuteronomy 25:15; Ezekiel 22:12
In mete — yard — In the measuring of lands, or dry things, as cloth, ribband. In measure — In the measuring liquid or such dry things as are only contigious, as corn or wine....