LEVITICUS 19:36

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Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.

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Leviticus 19:36 Translation & Meaning

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Just צֶ֣דֶק The right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity Just
balances, מֹ֧אזְנֵי (only in the dual) a pair of scales balances
just צֶ֗דֶק The right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity just
weights, אַבְנֵי A stone weights
a just צֶ֛דֶק The right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity just
ephah, אֵ֥יפַת An ephah or measure for grain; hence, a measure in general ephah
and a just צֶ֖דֶק The right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity just
hin, וְהִ֥ין A hin or liquid measure hin
shall ye have: יִֽהְיֶ֣ה To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) shall ye have
I אֲנִי֙ I I
am (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
the Lord יְהוָ֣ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
your God, אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative God
which אֲשֶׁר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc which
brought you out הוֹצֵ֥אתִי To go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim brought out
of the land מֵאֶ֥רֶץ The earth (at large, or partitively a land) land
of Egypt. מִצְרָֽיִם׃ Mitsrajim, i.e., Upper and Lower Egypt Egypt

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  • 34  But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

  • 35  Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

  • 36  Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.

  • 37  Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the Lord.




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