Hosea 3:2-3
English Standard Version
2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a (A)homer and a lethech[a] of barley. 3 And I said to her, “You must (B)dwell as mine for many days. You shall not play the whore, or belong to another man; so will I also be to you.”
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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
Hosea 3:2-3
King James Version
2 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.
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Hosea 3:2-3
New King James Version
2 So I bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver, and one and one-half homers of barley. 3 And I said to her, “You shall (A)stay with me many days; you shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a man—so, too, will I be toward you.”
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