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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
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The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.
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