Deuteronomy 25:14-15

25:14 You must not have in your house different measuring containers, ¹  a large and a small one. 25:15 You must have an accurate and correct ²  stone weight and an accurate and correct measuring container, so that your life may be extended in the land the Lord your God is about to give you.

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¹ tn Heb “an ephah and an ephah.” An ephah refers to a unit of dry measure roughly equivalent to five U.S. gallons (just under 20 liters). On the repetition of the term to indicate diversity, see IBHS 116 §7.2.3c.

² tn Or “just”; Heb “righteous.”