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Hosea 3:2

Love for othersMoney and wealth

1 Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and offer raisin cakes to idols.”

So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.

3 Then I said to her, “You must live with me for many days; you must not be promiscuous or belong to another, and I will do the same for you.”

4 For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or idol.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.
KJV
So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:
WEB
So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley.
ASV
So I bought her to me for fifteen [pieces] of silver, and a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley;
DARBY
So I bought her to me for fifteen silver [pieces], and for a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley.
BLB
And I bought her for myself with fifteen [shekels] of silver and a homer of barley and a lethech of barley.
ÅB
Da kjøpte jeg meg en slik kvinne for femten sekel sølv og en homer bygg og en letek[^2] bygg.
OTB
Så jeg kjøpte henne for femten sekel sølv og en homer og en lethek bygg.
B1930
Da kjøpte jeg mig en slik kvinne for femten sekel sølv og en homer bygg og en letek bygg.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 34:12

    Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”

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  • Leviticus 27:16

    If a man consecrates to the LORD a parcel of his land, then your valuation shall be proportional to the seed required for it—fifty shekels of silver for every homer of barley seed.

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  • Ezekiel 45:11

    The ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity so that the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure for both.

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  • Genesis 31:41

    Thus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!

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  • Isaiah 5:10

    For ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.”

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  • Exodus 22:17

    If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount comparable to the bridal price of a virgin.

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  • 1 Samuel 18:25

    Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.

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