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In biblical times, the act of weighing was a significant practice, both in a literal and metaphorical sense. Weighing was essential for trade, justice, and religious rituals, and it often symbolized fairness, integrity, and divine judgment.

Literal Weighing:

1. Trade and Commerce: Weighing was crucial in ancient commerce, where goods were often exchanged based on weight. The Bible frequently mentions the use of scales and balances in trade. For instance, in Leviticus 19:36, God commands, "You must maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt." This underscores the importance of honesty and integrity in business dealings.

2. Weights and Measures: The Bible provides specific instructions regarding weights and measures to ensure fairness. Deuteronomy 25:13-15 states, "You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light. You shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small. You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you."

3. Religious Offerings: Weighing was also part of religious practices, particularly in the offering of sacrifices. In Exodus 30:13, the Israelites are instructed to give a half shekel as an offering to the LORD, which was to be weighed according to the sanctuary shekel.

Metaphorical Weighing:

1. Divine Judgment: Weighing is often used metaphorically in the Bible to describe God's judgment. In Daniel 5:27, during the feast of Belshazzar, the writing on the wall includes the word "TEKEL," which Daniel interprets as, "You have been weighed on the scales and found deficient." This illustrates the concept of divine evaluation and judgment.

2. Moral and Ethical Standards: Proverbs frequently uses the imagery of weighing to convey moral truths. Proverbs 16:11 states, "Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern." This highlights the divine standard of justice and righteousness that believers are called to uphold.

3. Human Actions and Intentions: The weighing of human actions and intentions is a recurring theme. In Job 31:6, Job declares, "Let God weigh me with honest scales, and He will know my integrity." This reflects a desire for divine scrutiny and validation of one's righteousness.

Symbolism and Significance:

Weighing in the Bible symbolizes the pursuit of justice, integrity, and righteousness. It serves as a reminder of God's omniscience and His role as the ultimate judge. The consistent call for honest scales and measures reflects the biblical emphasis on truthfulness and fairness in all aspects of life. The metaphorical use of weighing underscores the importance of aligning one's life with God's standards and being prepared for His judgment.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Weigh.

2. (a. & n.) from Weigh.

Greek

2661. kataxioo -- to deem worthy
... 2661 (from 2596 , ", exactly according to," which intensifies 515 , "weighing as
much as, proportional") -- properly, to (on a balance-scale) which ; that ...
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3414. mna -- a mina (Gr. monetary unit)
... 3414 (from the Latin, "") - the Greek silver-ingot (monetary weight) weighing
about 1/A of a talent (approximately 13 ounces). ...
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1220. denarion -- denarius (a Roman coin)
... 1220 -- a ; "a small Roman silver coin, weighing in Nero's time, 53 grams. Its
value and purchasing power varied from time to time" (Souter). ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4948. mishqal -- weight
... Word Origin from shaqal Definition weight NASB Word Usage full (1), rationed amounts
(1), weigh (1), weighed (4), weighing (3), weight (39). full weight. ...
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831. Ashqelon -- a city of the Philistines
... Ashkelon, Askalon. Probably from shaqal in the sense of weighing-place (ie Mart);
Ashkelon, a place in Palestine -- Ashkelon, Askalon. see HEBREW shaqal. ...
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Library

The Scales of Judgment
... THERE IS A WEIGHING TIME for kings and emperors, and all the monarchs of earth,
albeit some of them have exalted themselves to a position in which they appear ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/the scales of judgment.htm

How to Work God's Joy-Machine
... side by side. "You see this weighing-machine," said Brother Joyful; "I
will just step upon it and get weighed.". He stepped upon ...
//christianbookshelf.org/naylor/heart talks/talk forty-five how to work.htm

How Solomon Grew Rich, and Fell Desperately in Love with Women and ...
... He also cast two hundred targets of gold, each of them weighing six hundred
shekels. He also made three hundred shields, every one ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 7 how solomon grew.htm

Princely Service.
... weighty burden. [E: Weighing more than one cwt. each: the hundred sockets
therefore alone weighing over five tons of pure silver.]. The ...
/.../taylor/separation and service/part iii princely service.htm

The Charge of the Pilgrim Priests
... 'Watch ye, and keep them, until they are weighed in the chambers of the House of
the Lord.'. And, lastly, think of that weighing in the House of the Lord. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the charge of the pilgrim.htm

The Secret Walk with God (ii).
... to God the Father, by the mediation of our only Saviour Jesus Christ, for the heavenly
assistance of the Holy Ghost; that, by daily reading and weighing of the ...
/.../moule/to my younger brethren/chapter ii the secret walk.htm

History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 2
... Aspect of the towns: houses, furniture, women in family life -- Festivals; periodic
markets, bazaars: commerce by barter, the weighing of precious metals. ...
/.../history of egypt chaldaea syria babylonia and assyria v 2/title page.htm

Introduction
... the mere outward form, the shell of words and phrases, into the very heart of the
Epistle; and develops its contents, not by a petty weighing of particles, but ...
/.../the epistle of paul to the philippians practically explained/introduction.htm

The Testament of Abraham. Introduction.
... to Egypt as its birthplace," such as the conception of Death in the longer recension,
which has parallels in the Coptic Apocryphal books, the weighing of souls ...
/.../unknown/the testament of abraham/the testament of abraham introduction.htm

Alive or Dead --Which?
... everlasting life." If they would remember this gospel-declaration, they might also
with advantage consider the other spiritual fact, and by weighing the two ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 13 1867/alive or deadwhich.htm

Thesaurus

Weighing (39 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Weigh. 2. (a. & n.) from
Weigh. Multi-Version Concordance Weighing (39 Occurrences). ...
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Balance (12 Occurrences)
... 6:5. Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) An apparatus for weighing. 2. (n.) Act
of weighing mentally; comparison; estimate. 3. (n.) Equipoise ...
/b/balance.htm - 18k

Weighed (44 Occurrences)
... Numbers 7:85 Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each
bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred ...
/w/weighed.htm - 20k

Dishes (18 Occurrences)
... Numbers 7:85 each silver dish weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and each basin
seventy; all the silver of the vessels two thousand and four hundred shekels ...
/d/dishes.htm - 12k

Scale (38 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The dish of a balance; hence, the balance itself; an instrument or machine
for weighing; as, to turn the scale; -- chiefly used in the plural when ...
/s/scale.htm - 22k

Altogether (56 Occurrences)
... Numbers 7:85 each silver platter weighing one hundred thirty shekels, and each bowl
seventy; all the silver of the vessels two thousand four hundred shekels ...
/a/altogether.htm - 25k

Shekels (92 Occurrences)
... Numbers 7:85 each silver platter weighing one hundred thirty shekels, and each bowl
seventy; all the silver of the vessels two thousand four hundred shekels ...
/s/shekels.htm - 37k

Weighs (12 Occurrences)

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Shekel (37 Occurrences)
... Numbers 7:85 each silver platter weighing one hundred thirty shekels, and each bowl
seventy; all the silver of the vessels two thousand four hundred shekels ...
/s/shekel.htm - 23k

Money (284 Occurrences)
... But the pieces were not so accurately divided as to pass for money without weighing,
as we see in the case of the transaction between Abraham and the children ...
/m/money.htm - 69k

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Weighing (39 Occurrences)

Genesis 24:22
And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 3:50
from the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
(See NIV)

Numbers 7:13
and his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;
(See NIV)

Numbers 7:14
one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
(See NIV)

Numbers 7:19
he presented for his offering one silver dish, the weight thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;
(See NIV)

Numbers 7:20
one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
(See NIV)

Numbers 7:25
his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;
(See NIV)

Numbers 7:26
one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
(See NIV)

Numbers 7:31
his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;
(See NIV)

Numbers 7:32
one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
(See NIV)

Numbers 7:37
his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;
(See NIV)

Numbers 7:38
one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
(See NIV)

Numbers 7:43
his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;
(See NIV)

Numbers 7:44
one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
(See NIV)

Numbers 7:49
his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;
(See NIV)

Numbers 7:50
one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
(See NIV)

Numbers 7:55
his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;
(See NIV)

Numbers 7:56
one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
(See NIV)

Numbers 7:61
his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;
(See NIV)

Numbers 7:62
one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
(See NIV)

Numbers 7:67
his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;
(See NIV)

Numbers 7:68
one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
(See NIV)

Numbers 7:73
his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;
(See NIV)

Numbers 7:74
one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
(See NIV)

Numbers 7:79
his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;
(See NIV)

Numbers 7:80
one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense;
(See NIV)

Numbers 7:85
each silver platter weighing one hundred thirty shekels, and each bowl seventy; all the silver of the vessels two thousand four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV)

Numbers 7:86
the twelve golden ladles, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary; all the gold of the ladles weighed one hundred twenty shekels;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV)

Joshua 7:21
When I saw among the spoil a beautiful Babylonian robe, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, then I coveted them and took them. Behold, they are hidden in the ground in the middle of my tent, with the silver under it."
(WEB RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 17:5
And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was clad with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
(See NIV)

2 Samuel 18:12
And the man saith unto Joab, 'Yea, though I am weighing on my hand a thousand silverlings, I do not put forth my hand unto the son of the king; for in our ears hath the king charged thee, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, Observe ye who 'is' against the youth -- against Absalom;
(YLT)

2 Kings 25:16
The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases that Solomon made for the house of Jehovah, there was no weighing of the brass of all these vessels;
(YLT)

1 Chronicles 22:3
And iron in abundance for nails for leaves of the gates, and for couplings, hath David prepared, and brass in abundance -- there is no weighing.
(YLT RSV)

1 Chronicles 22:14
And lo, in mine affliction, I have prepared for the house of Jehovah of gold talents a hundred thousand, and of silver a thousand thousand talents; and of brass and of iron there is no weighing, for in abundance it hath been, and wood and stones I have prepared, and to them thou dost add.
(YLT RSV)

Ezra 8:26
I even weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels a hundred talents; of gold a hundred talents;
(See NIV)

Ecclesiastes 12:9
And because the Preacher was wise he still gave the people knowledge; searching out, testing, and putting in order a great number of wise sayings.
(See RSV)

Isaiah 33:18
Thy heart doth meditate terror, Where 'is' he who is counting? Where 'is' he who is weighing? Where 'is' he who is counting the towers?
(YLT)

Jeremiah 52:20
The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve brazen oxen that 'are' beneath the bases, that king Solomon made for the house of Jehovah, there was no weighing of the brass of all these vessels.
(YLT)

Ezekiel 5:1
And thou, son of man, take to thee a sharp weapon, the barber's razor thou dost take to thee, and thou hast caused 'it' to pass over thy head, and over thy beard, and thou hast taken to thee weighing scales, and apportioned them.
(YLT NAS RSV)

Subtopics

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