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Hosea 3:2

Love for othersMoney and wealth

1 Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.

So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:

3 And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee.

4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:

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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.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 34:12

    Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.

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  • Leviticus 27:16

    And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.

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  • Ezekiel 45:11

    The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.

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  • Genesis 31:41

    Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

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  • Isaiah 5:10

    Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.

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  • Exodus 22:17

    If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

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  • 1 Samuel 18:25

    And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

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