Leviticus 19:36

“Just balances, just weights, etc.] Which were for such sort of things as were bought and sold by weight, and these were to be according to the custom and usage which universally obtained among them, or were fixed and settled by them; they were to be neither lighter nor heavier; they were not to have one sort to buy with, and another to sell with, which was not just, and was an abomination to the Lord, (<201101>Proverbs 11:1); for “weights”, it is in the original text “stones”, for those were formerly used in weighing, and were with us: hence it is still in use to say, so much by the stone. And according to Maimonides f715, the Jews were not to make their weights neither of iron, nor of lead,…”

“The ephah is here taken as the standard of dry measure, and the bin (see Exodus 29:40 note) as the standard of liquid measure. Of the two very different estimates of the capacities of these measures, the more probable is that the ephah did not hold quite four gallons and a half, and the hin not quite six pints. The log was a twelfth part of the hin Leviticus 14:10. Leviticus 19:36 I am the Lord your God ... - A full stop should precede these words. They intraduce the formal conclusion to the whole string of precepts in this chapter, which are all enforced upon the ground of the election of the nation by Yahweh who had delivered them from the bondage of Egypt. return to 'Top of Page'…”

“A just ephah and a just hin - These two two measures are named as most common, the former for dry, the latter for moist things, but under them he manifestly comprehends all other measures. Leviticus 19:37”

“Just balances: Pro 11:1 weights: Heb. stones I am: Exo 20:2 Leviticus 19:37”