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Leviticus 19:36
Leviticus 19:36 is verse 36 of Leviticus chapter 19, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
An ephah is a dry measure of approximately 20 dry quarts or 22 liters.
A hin is a liquid measure of approximately 0.97 gallons or 3.67 liters.
King James Version
Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
World English Bible
You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
A hin is about 6.5 liters or 1.7 gallons.
Read in context
Leviticus 19:34–37 · Berean Standard Bible
34 You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
35 You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.
36 You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
37 You must keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and follow them. I am the LORD.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 11:1Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
Exodus 20:2“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.