² So I bought her back for fifteen pieces of silver^[a] and five bushels of barley and a measure of wine.^[b]

¹¹ The homer^[a] will be your standard unit for measuring volume. The ephah and the bath^[b] will each measure one-tenth of a homer.

¹⁶ “If someone dedicates to the Lord a piece of his family property, its value will be assessed according to the amount of seed required to plant it—fifty shekels of silver for a field planted with five bushels of barley seed.^[a]

¹² No matter what dowry or gift you demand, I will gladly pay it—just give me the girl as my wife.”

²⁵ he told them, “Tell David that all I want for the bride price is 100 Philistine foreskins! Vengeance on my enemies is all I really want.” But what Saul had in mind was that David would be killed in the fight.

¹⁷ But if her father refuses to let him marry her, the man must still pay him an amount equal to the bride price of a virgin.

⁴¹ Yes, for twenty years I slaved in your house! I worked for fourteen years earning your two daughters, and then six more years for your flock. And you changed my wages ten times!