Deuteronomy 25:15

You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The LORD speaks through Moses to the assembled Israelites as they prepare to occupy the territory He is giving them.

The words — The text highlights אֶבֶן ('Even), literally a stone or weight, and שְׁלֵמָה (sheleMah), meaning full or complete.

The thread — The covenantal promise of long life in the land appears in Exodus 20:12, Deuteronomy 4:40, and Deuteronomy 5:16 as a direct consequence of keeping divine statutes.

Why it lands — The text commands precise commercial honesty and ties personal longevity to adherence to that standard.

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The Hebrew words

אֶ֣בֶן'E.vena weight שְׁלֵמָ֤הshe.le.Mahfull וָצֶ֙דֶק֙va./Tze.dekand/ righteousness יִֽהְיֶה־yih.yeh-it will belongלָּ֔ךְLa/khto <the>/ youאֵיפָ֧ה'ei.Faha measure שְׁלֵמָ֛הshe.le.Mahfull וָצֶ֖דֶקva./Tze.dekand/ righteousness יִֽהְיֶה־yih.yeh-it will belongלָּ֑ךְLa/khto <the>/ youלְמַ֙עַן֙le.Ma.'anso that יַאֲרִ֣יכוּya.'a.Ri.khuthey may be long יָמֶ֔יךָya.Mei./khadays/ your עַ֚ל'alon הָֽאֲדָמָ֔הha./'a.da.Mahthe/ land אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-which יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahweh אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei./khaGod/ your נֹתֵ֥ןno.Ten[is] about to giveלָֽךְ׃La/khto <the>/ you

King James Version

But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Cross-references

Exodus 20:12 Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy 4:40 Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.
Deuteronomy 5:16 Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy 5:33 You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.
Deuteronomy 6:18 Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may be well with you and that you may enter and possess the good land that the LORD your God swore to give your fathers,
Deuteronomy 11:9 and so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Psalms 34:12 Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days?
Ephesians 6:3 “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”
1 Peter 3:10 For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.
Deuteronomy 17:20 Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left, in order that he and his sons may reign many years over his kingdom in Israel.