Deuteronomy 25:13
Thou shalt not have divers weights in thy bag, a greater and a less:
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Non habebis in sacculo diversa pondera, majus et minus :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Οὐκ ἔσται σοι ἐν τῷ μαρσίππῳ στάθμιον καὶ στάθμιον, μέγα ἢ μικρόν·
- Hebrew (WLC)
- לֹֽא יִהְיֶ֥ה לְךָ֛ בְּכִֽיסְךָ֖ אֶ֣בֶן וָאָ֑בֶן גְּדוֹלָ֖ה וּקְטַנָּֽה
The Fathers on this verse
Clement of Alexandria Exhortation to the Heathen, Chapter VI. By Divine Inspiration Philosophers Sometimes Hit on the Truth
Of the same sentiments is Plato, who somewhere alludes to God thus: “Around the King of all are all things, and He is the cause of all good things.” Who, then, is the King of all? God, who is the measure of the truth of all existence. As, then, the things that are to be measured are contained in the measure, so also the knowledge of God measures and comprehends truth. And the truly holy Moses says: “There shall not be in thy bag a balance and a balance, great or small, but a true and just balance shall be to thee,” deeming the balance and measure and number of the whole to be God. For the unjust and unrighteous idols are hid at home in the bag, and, so to speak, in the polluted soul. …