Honest weights and measures crop up frequently in ancient history as guarantors of social order, from Hammurabi's code in Babylon to the Talmud and the Bible, which mentions measurement more than charity.

诚实的度量衡作为社会秩序的保证在古代历史中频繁出现，从巴比伦的汉谟拉比法典到塔木德和圣经， 圣经更多地提到了测量而不是慈善。