36 You are to have honest balances,(A) honest weights, an honest dry measure,[a] and an honest liquid measure;[b](B) I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. 19:36 Lit honest ephah
  2. 19:36 Lit honest hin

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.

A merchant loves to extort(A)
with dishonest scales in his hands.(B)

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The merchant uses dishonest scales(A)
    and loves to defraud.

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