Leviticus 19:35 Commentary - Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
(35) Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment.—It will be seen that the Lawgiver uses here exactly the same phrase with regard to meting out right measure which he used in connection with the administration of justice in Lev. 19:15. He, therefore, who declares that a false measure is a legal measure is, according to this law, as much a corrupt judge, and defrauds the people by false judgment, as he who in the court of justice wilfully passes a wrong sentence. Owing to the fact that men who would otherwise disdain the idea of imposition often discard their scruples in the matter of weights and measures, the Bible frequently brands these dealings as wicked, and an abomination to the Lord, whilst it designates the right measure as coming from God himself (Deu. 25:13; Deu. 25:15; Eze. 45:10; Eze. 45:12; Hos. 12:8; Amo. 8:5; Mic. 6:10-11; Pro. 11:1; Pro. 16:11; Pro. 20:10; Pro. 20:23). According to the authorities during the second Temple, he who gives false weight or measure, like the corrupt judge, is guilty of the following five things. He (1) defiles the land; (2) profanes the name of God; (3) causes the Shechinah to depart; (4) makes Israel perish by the sword, and (5) to go into captivity. Hence they declared that “the sin of illegal weights and measures is greater than that of incest, and is equivalent to the sin of denying that God redeemed Israel out of Egypt.” They appointed public overseers to inspect the weights and measures all over the country; they prohibited weights to be made of iron, lead, or other metal liable to become lighter by wear or rust, and ordered them to be made of polished rock, of glass, &c, and enacted the severest punishment for fraud.
Consult other comments:
Leviticus 19:35 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Leviticus 19:35 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Leviticus 19:35 - Calvin's Complete Commentary
Leviticus 19:35 - The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Leviticus 19:35 - Adam Clarke's Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Leviticus 19:35 - Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Leviticus 19:35 - Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Leviticus 19:35 - Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Leviticus 19:35 - Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
Leviticus 19:35 - Geneva Bible Notes
Leviticus 19:35 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
Leviticus 19:35 - Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Leviticus 19:35 - Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
Leviticus 19:35 - Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Leviticus 19:35 - English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Leviticus 19:35 - John Trapp's Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Leviticus 19:35 - The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Leviticus 19:35 - Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

Charles John Ellicott (1819 - 1905) was a distinguished English Christian theologian, academic and churchman. He briefly served as Dean of Exeter, then Bishop of the united see of Gloucester and Bristol.
His works include:
- An Old Testament Commentary for English Readers, 1897. (Editor)
- A New Testament Commentary for English Readers, 1878.