Deuteronomy 25:15
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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.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.
In other translations
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.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.
Hebrew words
אֶבֶן'evena weightH68שְׁלֵמָהshelemahfullH8003וָצֶדֶקvatzedekand righteousnessH6664יִהְיֶה־yihyeh-it will belongH1961לָּךְlakhto <the> youאֵיפָה'eifaha measureH374שְׁלֵמָהshelemahfullH8003וָצֶדֶקvatzedekand righteousnessH6664יִהְיֶה־yihyeh-it will belongH1961לָּךְlakhto <the> youלְמַעַןlema'anso thatH4616יַאֲרִיכוּya'arikhuthey may be longH748יָמֶיךָyameikhadays yourH3117עַל'alonH5921הָאֲדָמָהha'adamahthe landH127אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whichH834יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֱלֹהֶיךָ'eloheikhaGod yourH430נֹתֵןnoten[is] about to giveH5414לָךְ׃lakhto <the> you
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- Deuteronomy 5:33Ye shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.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.
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- Deuteronomy 11:9And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.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.
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