Ephah

Leviticus 19:35-37 – “‘Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight or quantity. Use honest scales and honest weights, an honest ephah and an honest hin. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt. “‘Keep all my decrees and all my laws and follow them. I am the Lord.’”

Ezekiel 45:10 – You are to use accurate scales, an accurate ephah and an accurate bath.

Ezekiel 18:9 – He follows my decrees and faithfully keeps my laws. That man is righteous; he will surely live, declares the Sovereign Lord.

Application:

• ·         In a culture with no bureau of weights and measures, cheating in business transactions by falsification of standards was common.
• ·         Israel was not to repeat the economic injustices of the past.
• ·         To live is life as more than mere existence; it includes communion with God.

All Scripture verses taken from ESV