Ezekiel 45:10

Misinterpretations often reduce the verse to a mere antiquated regulation for merchants' tools, ignoring its prophetic context within Ezekiel's blueprint for a holy, equitable society under God's reign; others legalistically impose it on modern economies or governments as a mandate for standardized metrics without grasping the timeless principle of personal honesty in transactions, or selectively use it to condemn capitalism while neglecting broader biblical calls for individual righteousness.

This passage commands the use of honest and accurate weights and measures—just balances, an ephah for dry volume, and a bath for liquid volume—in commerce, underscoring God's demand for integrity, fairness, and justice in economic dealings as part of the restored order in Ezekiel's temple vision, where righteous living reflects divine holiness and prevents exploitation among the people.