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Hosea 3:2-3
English Standard Version
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
New International Version
Hosea 3:2-3
New International Version
2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels[a] of silver and about a homer and a lethek[b] of barley. 3 Then I told her, “You are to live with me many days; you must not be a prostitute or be intimate with any man, and I will behave the same way toward you.”
Hosea 3:2-3
New King James Version
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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