Deuteronomy 25:13 (KJV)

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Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights a great and a small
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in thy bag. Le 19:35 Le 19:36 Pr 11:1 Pr 16:11 Pr 20:10 Eze 45:10 Eze 45:11 Am 8:5 Mic 6:11 Mic 6:12

divers weights. Heb. a stone and a stone.{Aivenwäaiven;} because weights were anciently made of stone. Hence the expression, a stone weight, which is still in use, though the matter of which it is made be lead or iron, and the name itself shews us that a stone of a certain weight was formerly used.

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