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Hosea 3:1-2
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Hosea 3:1-2
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Further Assurances of God’s Redeeming Love
3 The Lord said to me again, “Go, love a woman who has a lover and is an adulteress, just as the Lord loves the people of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.”(A) 2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer of barley and a measure of wine.[a](B)
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- 3.2 Gk: Heb a homer of barley and a lethek of barley
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