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Leviticus 19:35 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 35. 35Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
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Role in This Section
This verse extends judicial integrity to length, weight, and volume.
Read It With
- Leviticus 19:33-37
Read through 19:33-37 and watch how each actor, material, status, or command relates. Leviticus 19:35 extends judicial integrity to length, weight, and volume; the whole unit establishes this: Israel must not oppress the resident outsider but love that person as self because of Egypt, and must use just judgments, measurements, and weights.
Why It Needs Context
The verse extends judicial integrity to length, weight, and volume. Follow Leviticus 19:33-37 before drawing an enduring truth, since the surrounding case determines what this detail does and does not establish.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Leviticus 19:33-37 — The resident outsider is loved and trade must be honestSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Leviticus 19:33-37, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Leviticus
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, ritual and legal vocabulary, names, clause relationships, KJV language controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Lev.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 19:33-37
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