Talmud for Amos 8:5
לֵאמֹ֗ר מָתַ֞י יַעֲבֹ֤ר הַחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ וְנַשְׁבִּ֣ירָה שֶּׁ֔בֶר וְהַשַּׁבָּ֖ת וְנִפְתְּחָה־בָּ֑ר לְהַקְטִ֤ין אֵיפָה֙ וּלְהַגְדִּ֣יל שֶׁ֔קֶל וּלְעַוֵּ֖ת מֹאזְנֵ֥י מִרְמָֽה׃
Saying: ‘When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the sabbath, that we may set forth corn? Making the ephah small, and the shekel great, And falsifying the balances of deceit;
Tractate Derekh Eretz Rabbah
Concerning them who hoard fruit,6To raise the price. raise the prices, make the ephah small and the shekel great7Cf. Amos 8, 5. and lend money on usury, Scripture declares, The Lord hath sworn by the pride of Jacob: Surely I will never forget any of their works.8ibid. 7. Cf. B.B. 90b (Sonc. ed., pp. 372f.).
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