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You shall haveיְהִי לָכֶםjustצֶדֶקbalances,מֹאזְנֵיa justצֶדֶקephah,וְאֵיפַתand a justצֶדֶקbath.וּבַת
Ezekiel 45:10
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Ezekiel 45:10, word by word
- You shall haveיְהִיyehi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yehi” appears- justצֶדֶקtsedek
just
What is honest: scales that do not cheat.
Where else “tsedek” appears- balancesמֹאזְנֵיmozne
scales
A pair of scales.
Where else “mozne” appears- ephahאֵיפַתefat
ephah
Ephah: a measure for grain, about twenty-two liters; also a measure in general.
Where else “efat” appears- bathבַתvat
bath (measure)
Bath: a measure for liquids (oil, wine, water), equal to the ephah for dry goods, about 22 liters.
Where else “vat” appears
The context
9Thus says Adonai YHWH: Enough for you, chiefs of Israel! Remove violence and destruction, and do justice and righteousness; lift your evictions off my people, declares Adonai YHWH.
10 · This verse (above)
11The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, so that the bath contains a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; according to the homer shall be its measure.