Shall I count pure those with the wicked scales, And with the bag of deceitful weights?
“A cunning Canaanite! Deceitful scales are in his hand; He loves to oppress.
You shall have honest scales, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Honest weights and scales are the Lord’s; All the weights in the bag are His work.
“You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a heavy and a light.
Dishonest scales are an abomination to the Lord, But a just weight is His delight.
“You shall have honest scales, an honest ephah, and an honest bath.
Saying: “When will the New Moon be past, That we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, That we may trade wheat? Making the ephah small and the shekel large, Falsifying the scales by deceit,
then he said, “This is Wickedness!” And he thrust her down into the basket, and threw the lead cover over its mouth.
Diverse weights and diverse measures, They are both alike, an abomination to the Lord.