Comments: Scales in a Jewish House. These simple scales are made using greco-roman period models and crafting techniques. They hang in a reconstructed house at Nazareth Village, a living museum in the modern town of Nazareth.

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Comments: Balance scales and weights, Ancient Rus'. Arabic dirhams from treasure from Zheleznitsy, Rostov region.

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Comments: The Heavy of Heart in the Hunefer Papyrus. circa 1275 BCE, Ancient Egypt.

From Easton: Balance, occurs in Leviticus 19:36 and Isaiah 46:6, as the rendering of the Hebrew _kanch'_, which properly means "a reed" or "a cane," then a rod or beam of a balance. This same word is translated "measuring reed" in Ezekiel 40:3, Ezekiel 40:5; Ezekiel 42:16-18. There is another Hebrew word, _mozena'yim_, i.e., "two poisers", also so rendered (Daniel 5:27). The balances as represented on the most ancient Egyptian monuments resemble those now in use. A "pair of balances" is a symbol of justice and fair dealing (Job 31:6; Psalms 62:9; Proverbs 11:1). The expression denotes great want and scarcity in Revelation 6:5.

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Leviticus 19:36
Job 6:2
Job 31:6
Psalms 62:9
Proverbs 11:1
Proverbs 16:11
Proverbs 20:23
Isaiah 40:12
Isaiah 40:15
Isaiah 46:6
Jeremiah 32:10
Ezekiel 5:1
Ezekiel 45:10
Daniel 5:27
Hosea 12:7
Amos 8:5
Micah 6:11
Revelation 6:5

Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/apo/s/scale.html. 2024.

Bible Dictionaries Scale

Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects

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