BALANCES

BALANCES. → Used for weighing Job 31:6; Isa 40:12,15; Eze 5:1 → Money weighed with Isa 46:6; Jer 32:10 → Must be just Le 19:36; Pr 16:11 → False balance used Ho 12:7; Am 8:5; Mic 6:11 → An abomination Pr 11:1; 20:23 → FIGURATIVE

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Reference to balances is found in (Leviticus 19:36) They were in common use, gold and silver being paid out and received by weight. Reference is also made in (Micah 6:11; Hosea 12:7) to the dishonest practice of buying by heavier and selling by lighter weights.