Amos 8:5

The Scriptures 2009

saying, “When does the New Moon pass so that we sell grain, and the Sabbath so that we trade our wheat, to make the ĕphah small and the sheqel large, and to falsify the scales by deceit,

Cross References

2 Kings 4:23

And he said, “Why are you going to him today? It is neither the new moon nor the sabbath.” And she said, “It is well!”

Exodus 31:13

And you, speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, saying, ‘My Sabbaths you are to guard, by all means, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, to know that I, יהוה, am setting you apart.

Proverbs 11:1

A false scale is an abomination to יהוה, But a perfect weight is His delight.

Proverbs 16:11

A right scale and balances are of יהוה; All the weights in the bag are His work.

Proverbs 20:23

Differing weights are an abomination to יהוה, And a false scale is not good.

Isaiah 1:13

“Stop bringing futile offerings, incense, it is an abomination to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, the calling of gatherings – I am unable to bear unrighteousness and assembly.

Isaiah 58:13

“If you do turn back your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on My set-apart day, and shall call the Sabbath ‘a delight,’ the set-apart day of יהוה ‘esteemed,’ and shall esteem it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words,

Hosea 12:7

A merchant! In his hand are scales of deceit, he loved to oppress.

Hosea 12:8

And Ephrayim says, “Indeed, I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself. In all my labours they shall find in me no crookedness that is sin.”

Leviticus 19:36

‘Have right scales, right weights, a right ĕphah, and a right hin. I am יהוה your Elohim, who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim.

Zechariah 5:6

And I said, “What is it?” And he said, “It is an ĕphah-measure that is going forth.” Again he said, “This is their appearance throughout the earth:

Zechariah 5:8

And he said, “This is Wrongness!” And he threw her down into the ĕphah-measure, and threw the lead weight over its mouth.

Malachi 1:13

“And you said, ‘Oh, what weariness!’ and you sneered at it,” said יהוה of hosts. “And you brought in plunder, and the lame, and the sick – thus you have brought in the offering! Should I accept this from your hand?” said יהוה.

Numbers 10:10

And in the day of your gladness, and in your appointed times, and at the beginning of your new moons, you shall blow the trumpets over your ascending offerings and over your slaughterings of peace offerings. And they shall be a remembrance for you before your Elohim. I am יהוה your Elohim.”

Colossians 2:16

Let no one therefore judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a festival or a new moon or Sabbaths –

1 Samuel 20:5

And Dawiḏ said to Yehonathan, “See, tomorrow is the new moon, and I ought to sit with the sovereign to eat. But let me go, and I shall hide in the field until the third day at evening.