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Amos 8:5

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When: Numbers 10:10, Numbers 28:11-15; 2 Kings 4:23; Psalms 81:3-4; Isaiah 1:13; Colossians 2:16

new moon: or, month

and the: Exodus 20:8-10; Nehemiah 13:15-21; Isaiah 58:13; Romans 8:6-7

set forth: Heb. open

making: Leviticus 19:36; Deuteronomy 25:13-16; Proverbs 11:1, Proverbs 16:11, Proverbs 20:23; Ezekiel 45:10-12; Micah 6:10-11

falsifying the balances by deceit: Heb. perverting the balances of deceit, Hosea 12:7

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