Maimonides
Not to commit fraud in measuring, as it is said, “Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard” (Lev. 19:35).*Maimonides, in Sefer-Ha-Mitzvoth, (Prohibition 271), explains this to mean a prohibition of measuring land by estimation or otherwise than with absolute accuracy. Traditionally, it has been learnt that this text prohibits unrighteousness in judging of measurements.
Leviticus 19:35
- KJV
- Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
- ASV
- Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.
- WEB
- “‘You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.
- JPS
- Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.