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Honesty in All Transactions
Commentators explain that this verse forbids keeping two sets of measures in one's house—a large one for buying and a small one for selling. This command, echoed throughout the Old Testament in places like Leviticus and Proverbs, establishes a clear standard for absolute integrity in all business dealings.
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Deuteronomy
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Albert Barnes
On Deuteronomy 25:13–19
18th Century
Theologian
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…
Charles Ellicott
On Deuteronomy 25:13–16
19th Century
Bishop
Deuteronomy 25:13–16. JUST WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
So Leviticus 19:35-36. Among the laws of moral holiness comes …
John Gill
On Deuteronomy 25:14
17th Century
Pastor
You shall not have in your house divers measures
Or, "an ephah and an ephah"; which was one sort of measure in use w…
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Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 25:13–16
17th Century
Minister
Dishonest gain always brings a curse on people's property, families, and souls. Happy those who judge themselves, repent of and forsake their sins,…