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You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
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The Deception of Two Stones
Commentators explain that the command against "diverse weights" refers to the fraudulent practice of using two sets of stone weights. A merchant would use a heavy stone when buying goods to receive more than they paid for, and a light stone when selling to give the customer less. This law directly addresses and forbids this fundamental form of business dishonesty.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Honesty in trade, as a duty to our neighbor, is emphatically enforced once more (). It is noteworthy that John the Baptist places similar duties at…
19th Century
Anglican
Deuteronomy 25:13–16. JUST WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
So Leviticus 19:35-36. Among the laws of moral holiness comes …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You shall not have in your bag divers weights Or, "a stone and a stone" F25 ; it being usual, in those ti…
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