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Deuteronomy 25:13

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in thy bag: Leviticus 19:35-36; Proverbs 11:1, Proverbs 16:11, Proverbs 20:10; Ezekiel 45:10-11; Amos 8:5; Micah 6:11-12

divers weights: Heb. a stone and a stone, Aivenwaaiven:; 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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