Deuteronomy 25:15
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Thou shalt have a just and a true weight, and thy bushel shall be equal and true: that thou mayest live a long time upon the land which the Lord thy God shall give thee.

that thy days

Deuteronomy 4:40 Keep his precepts and commandments, which I command thee: that it may be well with thee, and thy children after thee, and thou mayst remain a long time upon the land, which the Lord thy God will give thee.

Deuteronomy 5:16,33 Honour thy father and mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee, that thou mayst live a long time, and it may be well with thee in the land, which the Lord thy God will give thee. . . .

Deuteronomy 6:18 And do that which is pleasing and good in the sight of the Lord, that it may be well with thee: and going in thou mayst possess the goodly land, concerning which the Lord swore to thy fathers,

Deuteronomy 11:9 And may live in it a long time: which the Lord promised by oath to your fathers, and to their seed, a land which floweth with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 17:20 And that his heart be not lifted up with pride over his brethren, nor decline to the right or to the left, that he and his sons may reign a long time over Israel.

Exodus 20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou mayst be longlived upon the land which the Lord thy God will give thee.

Psalm 34:12 Who is the man that desireth life: who liveth to see good days?

Ephesians 6:3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest be long lived upon earth.

1 Peter 3:10 For he that will love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile.

Context
Standard Weights and Measures
14Neither shall there be in thy house a greater bushel and a less. 15Thou shalt have a just and a true weight, and thy bushel shall be equal and true: that thou mayest live a long time upon the land which the Lord thy God shall give thee.16For the Lord thy God abhorreth him that doth these things, and he hateth all injustice.…
Cross References
Exodus 20:12
Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou mayst be longlived upon the land which the Lord thy God will give thee.

Deuteronomy 25:14
Neither shall there be in thy house a greater bushel and a less.

Ezekiel 45:10
You shall have just balances, and a just ephi, and a just bate.

Lexicon
You must maintain
יִֽהְיֶה־ (yih·yeh-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

accurate
שְׁלֵמָ֤ה (šə·lê·māh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8003: Complete, safe, at peace

and honest
וָצֶ֙דֶק֙ (wā·ṣe·ḏeq)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6664: The right, equity, prosperity

weights
אֶ֣בֶן (’e·ḇen)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 68: A stone

[and]
שְׁלֵמָ֛ה (šə·lê·māh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8003: Complete, safe, at peace

measures,
אֵיפָ֧ה (’ê·p̄āh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 374: Ephah -- an ephah (a measure of grain)

so that
לְמַ֙עַן֙ (lə·ma·‘an)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 4616: Purpose -- intent

you may live long
יַאֲרִ֣יכוּ (ya·’ă·rî·ḵū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 748: To be, long

in
עַ֚ל (‘al)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the land
הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה (hā·’ă·ḏā·māh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 127: Ground, land

the LORD
יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

your God
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

is giving you.
נֹתֵ֥ן (nō·ṯên)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set


Additional Translations
You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.But you shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shall you have: that your days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Thou shalt have a true and just weight, and a true and just measure, that thou mayest live long upon the land which the Lord thy God gives thee for an inheritance.

A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just ephah shalt thou have; that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

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 shall have a perfect and just weight. You shall have a perfect and just measure, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Thou hast a stone complete and just, thou hast an ephah complete and just, so that they prolong thy days on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee;
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