Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.
Thou shalt not keep in the house two different measures for trade, a great or large one and a small one, to be used in different dealings, for to use them in turn would make trade dishonest. Measures of quantity must be fair and consistent, never varied to suit the bargain.
The requirement is a perfect and just weight and a perfect and just measure, with just balances, weights, ephah, hin, meteyard or yardstick and measure, and no unrighteousness in judgment in meteyard, weight, or measure. No divers measures, false balances, or deceitful weights are ever to be kept in the house or used in dealing.
The command demands strict, unimpeachable integrity in all details of life and business, in buying and selling with the realization that the eye of God is upon every transaction. It means doing unto others as one would be done by, being in action just what one professes to be, guided by underlying principle, without scheming and with nothing to conceal or gloss over. So unbending integrity shines like pure gold, and one's word is trustworthy and a blessing to all connected with him. There is never to be deviation from perfect fairness even in what looks like a small matter, for he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much and will overreach in large matters when tempted.
With the command to use just weights and measures, deceit and injustice are condemned as an abomination to the Lord, including stealing, dealing falsely, and lying. All who do such dishonest things and all who do unrighteously are an abomination to Him. Gaining an advantage by oppressing or depriving others is such abominable injustice, even when the conduct is defended as serving God's work.
The command is joined to God's pledge of blessing to those who walk in His way and do justice and judgment, that their days may be lengthened in the land the Lord gives them.
It applies directly to buying and selling, especially real estate buying and selling where stealing, dealing falsely, and lying are common. It forbids taking advantage of occasions and circumstances to make money by setting forth in a strong light the benefits of what is sold, exaggerating property and its future rise in value to deceive the purchaser, hiding unfavorable facts, and uttering guile to make a sale. It requires a pure conscience, true speech, and obedience to all God's statutes and judgments.
It forbids taking advantage of a neighbor to fill one's own purse or add to one's own land through sharp dealing or through his weakness, incompetency, weariness, vulnerability, or distressing circumstances, but requires showing the spirit of Christ and dealing justly with brethren. It means accepting a fair equivalent for what is sold and frankly telling of defects in articles sold even when it works against one's own pecuniary interests. It means not keeping back by fraud the hard-earned money of laborers employed to gather harvest, and relieving the necessities of a less fortunate brother when money is not needed.
The command is joined to the memory of Amalek meeting Israel by the way out of Egypt and smiting the hindmost, all that were feeble behind when faint and weary, because he feared not God, showing that taking advantage of the weary for injury is the same unrighteous spirit. Those who profess to be God's children must not follow the practices of Amalek in dealing with their brethren, lest they receive the curse pronounced upon Amalek to blot out his remembrance. Those with light and privileges who do not manifest the spirit of Christ toward their brethren face a heavier expression of God's judgment than the heathen.
It binds the conscience in all business, including necessary business with the worldly, the canvasser's fairness, and the physician's work and standards of fairness, whose weights and measures and daily life are accountable to God and must be measured by the principles of God's law in obedience to the Lord who brought Israel out of Egypt. Those who practice such deceit and unrighteousness in judgment, weight, and measure violate conscience and reject practices God condemns. They cannot be considered healthful branches of the church until they cut loose from dishonest business and observe all God's statutes.
Thou shalt not keep in the house two different measures for trade, a great or large one and a small one, to be used in different dealings, for to use them in turn would make trade dishonest. Measures of quantity must be fair and consistent, never varied to suit the bargain.
The requirement is a perfect and just weight and a perfect and just measure, with just balances, weights, ephah, hin, meteyard or yardstick and measure, and no unrighteousness in judgment in meteyard, weight, or measure. No divers measures, false balances, or deceitful weights are ever to be kept in the house or used in dealing.
The command demands strict, unimpeachable integrity in all details of life and business, in buying and selling with the realization that the eye of God is upon every transaction. It means doing unto others as one would be done by, being in action just what one professes to be, guided by underlying principle, without scheming and with nothing to conceal or gloss over. So unbending integrity shines like pure gold, and one's word is trustworthy and a blessing to all connected with him. There is never to be deviation from perfect fairness even in what looks like a small matter, for he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much and will overreach in large matters when tempted.
With the command to use just weights and measures, deceit and injustice are condemned as an abomination to the Lord, including stealing, dealing falsely, and lying. All who do such dishonest things and all who do unrighteously are an abomination to Him. Gaining an advantage by oppressing or depriving others is such abominable injustice, even when the conduct is defended as serving God's work.
The command is joined to God's pledge of blessing to those who walk in His way and do justice and judgment, that their days may be lengthened in the land the Lord gives them.
It applies directly to buying and selling, especially real estate buying and selling where stealing, dealing falsely, and lying are common. It forbids taking advantage of occasions and circumstances to make money by setting forth in a strong light the benefits of what is sold, exaggerating property and its future rise in value to deceive the purchaser, hiding unfavorable facts, and uttering guile to make a sale. It requires a pure conscience, true speech, and obedience to all God's statutes and judgments.
It forbids taking advantage of a neighbor to fill one's own purse or add to one's own land through sharp dealing or through his weakness, incompetency, weariness, vulnerability, or distressing circumstances, but requires showing the spirit of Christ and dealing justly with brethren. It means accepting a fair equivalent for what is sold and frankly telling of defects in articles sold even when it works against one's own pecuniary interests. It means not keeping back by fraud the hard-earned money of laborers employed to gather harvest, and relieving the necessities of a less fortunate brother when money is not needed.
The command is joined to the memory of Amalek meeting Israel by the way out of Egypt and smiting the hindmost, all that were feeble behind when faint and weary, because he feared not God, showing that taking advantage of the weary for injury is the same unrighteous spirit. Those who profess to be God's children must not follow the practices of Amalek in dealing with their brethren, lest they receive the curse pronounced upon Amalek to blot out his remembrance. Those with light and privileges who do not manifest the spirit of Christ toward their brethren face a heavier expression of God's judgment than the heathen.
It binds the conscience in all business, including necessary business with the worldly, the canvasser's fairness, and the physician's work and standards of fairness, whose weights and measures and daily life are accountable to God and must be measured by the principles of God's law in obedience to the Lord who brought Israel out of Egypt. Those who practice such deceit and unrighteousness in judgment, weight, and measure violate conscience and reject practices God condemns. They cannot be considered healthful branches of the church until they cut loose from dishonest business and observe all God's statutes.