Hosea 3:2
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2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a (A)homer and a lethech[a] of barley.
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- Hosea 3:2 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams; a homer was about 6 bushels or 220 liters; a lethech was about 3 bushels or 110 liters
Ezekiel 45:11
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11 The ephah and the bath shall be (A)of the same measure, (B)the bath containing one tenth of a homer,[a] and the ephah one tenth of a homer; the homer shall be the standard measure.
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- Ezekiel 45:11 A homer was about 6 bushels or 220 liters
Leviticus 27:16
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16 “If a man dedicates to the Lord part of the land that is his possession, then the valuation shall be in proportion to its seed. A homer[a] of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
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- Leviticus 27:16 A homer was about 6 bushels or 220 liters
Genesis 34:12
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12 Ask me for as great a (A)bride-price[a] and gift as you will, and I will give whatever you say to me. Only give me the young woman to be my wife.”
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- Genesis 34:12 Or engagement present
Isaiah 5:10
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10 (A)For ten acres[a] of vineyard shall yield but one bath,
and a (B)homer of seed shall yield but an ephah.”[b]
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- Isaiah 5:10 Hebrew ten yoke, the area ten yoke of oxen can plow in a day
- Isaiah 5:10 A bath was about 6 gallons or 22 liters; a homer was about 6 bushels or 220 liters; an ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters
1 Samuel 18:25
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25 Then Saul said, “Thus shall you say to David, ‘The king desires no (A)bride-price except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, (B)that he may be avenged of the king's enemies.’” (C)Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
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Exodus 22:17
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17 If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, (A)he shall pay money equal to the (B)bride-price for virgins.
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Genesis 31:41
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41 These twenty years I have been in your house. (A)I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and (B)you have changed my wages ten times.
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