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Hosea 3:1-2
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Hosea and the Unfaithful Woman

3 The Lord said to me, “Go again[a] and show your love for a woman who is committing adultery with a lover. You must love her just as I still love the people of Israel, even though they turn to other gods and like to take offerings of raisins to idols.”[b]

2 So I paid fifteen pieces of silver and seven bushels of barley to buy her.

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  1. Hosea 3:1 The Lord … again; or The Lord spoke to me again. He said, “Go …”
  2. Hosea 3:1 Dried grapes were used in the worship of fertility gods, who were believed to give abundant harvests to their worshipers.
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Hosea 3:1-2
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Hosea’s Reconciliation With His Wife

3 The Lord said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress.(A) Love her as the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.(B)”

2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels[a] of silver and about a homer and a lethek[b] of barley.

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  1. Hosea 3:2 That is, about 6 ounces or about 170 grams
  2. Hosea 3:2 A homer and a lethek possibly weighed about 430 pounds or about 195 kilograms.
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