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Honest Scales
These verses teach just measuring and clear standards. The passage names balances and several units, then states how those units relate to each other so that measurement and exchange are not left uncertain.
Understanding the passage
The setting of this message
Ezekiel 45:10–12 gives direct instructions rather than telling a story. It calls for just balances, a just ephah, and a just bath, then explains how the ephah, bath, homer, shekel, gerah, and mina are connected by fixed amounts.
Ezekiel 45:10–12Main takeaway
This passage teaches that justice includes using clear, consistent and honest standards for what is measured and counted.
Explore the message
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01A call for just standardsThe passage begins with a command: “You shall have just balances, a just ephah, and a just bath.”
Explanation
The passage begins with a command: “You shall have just balances, a just ephah, and a just bath.” One weighing tool and two named measures are listed together. The repeated word “just” makes the main point plain. These standards are meant to be fair and reliable, not uncertain or distorted.
02The ephah and bath are set equallyVerse 11 explains the relationship between the ephah and the bath. Each one is “one tenth of a homer”.
Explanation
Verse 11 explains the relationship between the ephah and the bath. Each one is “one tenth of a homer”. That means both are fixed by the same larger unit. The verse does not leave their size undefined. Instead, it ties both measures to the homer as a shared reference point.
03The homer provides the referenceThe sentence, “Its measure shall be the same as the homer,” reinforces the standard named in verse 11.
Explanation
The sentence, “Its measure shall be the same as the homer,” reinforces the standard named in verse 11. The focus is not on variety but on consistency. A measure is just when it matches the stated standard. This helps show how justice is expressed here through stable and checkable measurement.
04The shekel and mina are also definedVerse 12 turns to other units. “The shekel shall be twenty gerahs.” Then the mina is stated by adding twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, and fifteen shekels.
Explanation
Verse 12 turns to other units. “The shekel shall be twenty gerahs.” Then the mina is stated by adding twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, and fifteen shekels. The wording again stresses exact relationships between units. The passage presents justice through clearly stated amounts, not vague or shifting ones.
Questions to explore
Pause, look back at the verses and talk together.
01What is emphasised by repeating the word “just” with balances, the ephah, and the bath?
Notice that the same word describes each item in Ezekiel 45:10, showing that fairness applies across the whole set of standards named there.
02How does verse 11 connect the ephah and the bath to the same standard?
Look for the amount both share and the larger unit each one is measured against.
03What do the exact numbers in verse 12 add to the teaching of this passage?
The verse defines the shekel and then gives the mina by stated amounts, showing that just standards are expressed through precise relationships.
Read the Bible passage
World English Bible ClassicScripture quotation · Public domain
Ezekiel 45:10–12
10“You shall have just balances, a just ephah, and a just bath.
11The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain one tenth of a homer, and the ephah one tenth of a homer. Its measure shall be the same as the homer.
12The shekel shall be twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels shall be your mina.