Hosea 3:2 “So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethec…”

Hosea 3:2

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley.

American Standard Version

So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley;

Geneva Bible 1599

So I bought her to me for fifteene pieces of siluer, and for an homer of barlie and an halfe homer of barlie.

Darby Translation

So I bought her to me for fifteen silver [pieces], and for a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley.

Young's Literal Translation

And I buy her to me for fifteen silverlings, and a homer and a letech of barley;

Bible in Basic English

So I got her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley;

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Cross references

“I bought”

Genesis 34:12 Genesis 31:41 Exodus 22:17 1 Samuel 18:25

Genesis 34:12 · BSB

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

Genesis 31:41 · BSB

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!

Exodus 22:17 · BSB

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.

1 Samuel 18:25 · BSB

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.

“an homer”

Leviticus 27:16 Ezekiel 45:11 Isaiah 5:10

Leviticus 27:16 · BSB

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.

Ezekiel 45:11 · BSB

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.

Isaiah 5:10 · BSB

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

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1Then 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 love to offer raisin cakes to idols. ”

3Then 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.”

Read Hosea 3