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Honest Weights and Measures for the Lord’s People

“ ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: I’ve had enough of you, you princes of Israel. Stop your violence and looting, and do what is fair and right. Stop evicting my people, declares the Almighty Lord. 10 You must have honest scales and honest dry and liquid measures. 11 The dry and liquid measures must always be the same: The ephah and the bath should hold the same as one-tenth of a homer. The homer must be the standard measure.[a]

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  1. 45:11 A homer   wtas about 60 gallons as a liquid measure or 6 bushels as a dry measure.

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