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Gill, John, 1697-1771 • SECTION 343

Proverbs 20:10

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Proverbs 20:10

Ver. 10. Divers weights, [and] divers measures,.... Or, "a stone and a stone, and an ephah and an ephah" {d}. Stones being in old time used in weighing, and an "ephah" was a common measure among the Jews; and these ought not to be different; one stone or weight for buying, and another for selling; and one measure to buy goods in with, and another to sell out with; the one too heavy, the other too light; the one too large, and the other too scanty; whereby justice is not done between man and man; whereas they ought to be just and equal, Le 19:35;

both of them [are] alike abomination to the Lord; who loves righteousness and hates iniquity, and requires of men to do justly; and abhors every act of injustice, and whatever is detrimental to men's properties; see Pr 11:1.

{d} So Montanus, Schulteus.

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