divers weights Lit. stone and stone. Most ancient weights discovered in Palestine are of stone; for specimens see PEFQ, 1892, 114; 1894, 215 ff.

Royal standards were fixed for them as early as David's time (2 Samuel 14:26). With this and the next v. cp. H, Leviticus 19:35: Thou shalt do no wrong(-awel) in judgement or with rule, stone, or measure.

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