Ezekiel 45:10 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezekiel 45:10

8 The land shall be his possession in Israel; and ^aMy princes shall no more oppress My people, but they shall give the rest of the land to the house of Israel, according to their tribes.”

Laws Governing the Prince

9 ‘Thus says the Lord God: ^a“Enough, O princes of Israel! ^bRemove violence and plundering, execute justice and righteousness, and stop dispossessing My people,” says the Lord God.

10 “You shall have ^ahonest scales, an honest ephah, and an honest bath.

11 The ephah and the bath shall be of the same measure, so that the bath contains one-tenth of a homer, and the ephah one-tenth of a homer; their measure shall be according to the homer.

12 The ^ashekel shall be twenty gerahs; twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, and fifteen shekels shall be your mina.

13 “This is the offering which you shall offer: you shall give one-sixth of an ephah from a homer of wheat, and one-sixth of an ephah from a homer of barley.

14 The ordinance concerning oil, the bath of oil, is one-tenth of a bath from a kor. A kor is a homer or ten baths, for ten baths are a homer.

Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 45:10

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American Standard Version
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

Amplified® Bible
You shall have just weights on your scales and just measures--both a just ephah measure and a just bath measure.

Contemporary English Version
So from now on, you must use honest weights and measures.

Darby English Version
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

Good News Bible
"Everyone must use honest weights and measures:

King James Version
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

New American Standard Bible
"You shall have just balances, a just ephah and a just bath.

New International Version
You are to use accurate scales, an accurate ephah and an accurate bath.

New King James Version
“You shall have honest scales, an honest ephah, and an honest bath.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"You shall have just balances, a just ephah and a just bath.

Revised Standard Version
"You shall have just balances, a just ephah, and a just bath.

Young's Literal Translation
Just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath -- ye have.

New English Translation
You must use just balances,¹ a just dry measure (an ephah),² and a just liquid measure (a bath).³

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