Amos.8.5

Amos 8:5

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Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

The Basket of Summer Fruit

Cross References

Exodus 31:13

KJVGOD

Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you.

The Sign of the Sabbath

Numbers 28:11

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¶ And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the Lord; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot;

The Monthly Offerings

Laws for Offerings

1 Samuel 20:5

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And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.

Jonathan Helps David

David and Jonathan Covenant

2 Kings 4:23

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And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.

Elisha Raises the Shunammite’s Son

Nehemiah 13:15

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¶ In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.

The Sabbath Restored

Hosea 12:7

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¶ He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

A Reproof of Ephraim, Judah, and Jacob

Micah 6:10

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¶ Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?

The Punishment of Israel

What God Requires of Man

Micah 6:11

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Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

The Punishment of Israel

What God Requires of Man

Zechariah 5:6

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And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth.

The Vision of the Woman in a Basket

The Flying Scroll

Zechariah 5:8

KJVGOD

And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.