Hosea 3:2

So I bought her to me for fifteen [pieces] of silver, and [for] an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:

So I bought {H3739} her to me for fifteen {H6240}{H2568} pieces of silver {H3701}, and for an homer {H2563} of barley {H8184}, and an half homer {H3963} of barley {H8184}:

So I bought her back for myself with fifteen pieces of silver and eight bushels of barley .

So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.

So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley;

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Leviticus 27:16 (3 votes)

    And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD [some part] of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed [shall be valued] at fifty shekels of silver.

  • Ezekiel 45:11 (3 votes)

    The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.

  • Genesis 34:12 (3 votes)

    Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.

  • 1 Samuel 18:25 (2 votes)

    And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

  • Genesis 31:41 (2 votes)

    Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

  • Exodus 22:17 (2 votes)

    If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

  • Isaiah 5:10 (2 votes)

    Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.