“If anyone sins and is unfaithful to the Lord(A) by deceiving a neighbor(B) about something entrusted to them or left in their care(C) or about something stolen, or if they cheat(D) their neighbor, or if they find lost property and lie about it,(E) or if they swear falsely(F) about any such sin that people may commit— when they sin in any of these ways and realize their guilt, they must return(G) what they have stolen or taken by extortion, or what was entrusted to them, or the lost property they found, or whatever it was they swore falsely about. They must make restitution(H) in full, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the owner on the day they present their guilt offering.(I) And as a penalty they must bring to the priest, that is, to the Lord, their guilt offering,(J) a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value.(K) In this way the priest will make atonement(L) for them before the Lord, and they will be forgiven for any of the things they did that made them guilty.”

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35 “‘Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight or quantity.(A)

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36 Use honest scales(A) and honest weights, an honest ephah[a](B) and an honest hin.[b](C) I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 19:36 An ephah was a dry measure having the capacity of about 3/5 of a bushel or about 22 liters.
  2. Leviticus 19:36 A hin was a liquid measure having the capacity of about 1 gallon or about 3.8 liters.

13 Do not have two differing weights in your bag—one heavy, one light.(A) 14 Do not have two differing measures in your house—one large, one small. 15 You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long(B) in the land the Lord your God is giving you. 16 For the Lord your God detests anyone who does these things, anyone who deals dishonestly.(C)

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There are those who move boundary stones;(A)
    they pasture flocks they have stolen.(B)
They drive away the orphan’s donkey
    and take the widow’s ox in pledge.(C)
They thrust the needy(D) from the path
    and force all the poor(E) of the land into hiding.(F)
Like wild donkeys(G) in the desert,
    the poor go about their labor(H) of foraging food;
    the wasteland(I) provides food for their children.
They gather fodder(J) in the fields
    and glean in the vineyards(K) of the wicked.(L)
Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked;
    they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.(M)
They are drenched(N) by mountain rains
    and hug(O) the rocks for lack of shelter.(P)
The fatherless(Q) child is snatched(R) from the breast;
    the infant of the poor is seized(S) for a debt.(T)
10 Lacking clothes, they go about naked;(U)
    they carry the sheaves,(V) but still go hungry.
11 They crush olives among the terraces[a];
    they tread the winepresses,(W) yet suffer thirst.(X)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 24:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

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