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Hosea Marries Again

Then Yahweh said to me, “Go again, love a [a]woman who is loved by her companion and is an adulteress, even (A)as Yahweh loves the sons of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin (B)cakes.” So I (C)bargained for her for myself for fifteen [b]shekels of silver and a [c]homer and a [d]half of barley.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 3:1 Gomer
  2. Hosea 3:2 A shekel was approx. 0.4 oz. or 11 gm
  3. Hosea 3:2 A homer was approx. 6.5 bu. or 230 l
  4. Hosea 3:2 Heb lethech

Hosea’s Reconciliation With His Wife

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)

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

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Footnotes

  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.