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Hosea 3:2–3

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3:2So I paid fifteen shekels of silver and about seven bushels of barley9 to purchase her. 3:3Then I told her, “You must live with me many days; you must not commit adultery or have sexual intercourse with10 another man, and I also will wait for you.”

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  1. 9 The reads “a homer of barley and a measure of wine,” a reading followed by some English translations (e.g., , ). Heb “a homer of barley and a lethech of barley.” A homer was about 5 bushels (180 liters) and a lethech about 2.5 bushels (90 liters).
  2. 10 Heb “and you will not be for”; “be intimate with.”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley. And I said to her, “You must dwell as mine for many days. You shall not play the whore, or belong to another man; so will I also be to you.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and about a homer and a lethek of barley. Then I told her, “You are to live with me many days; you must not be a prostitute or be intimate with any man, and I will behave the same way toward you.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and nine bushels of barley. I said to her, “You are to live with me many days. You must not be promiscuous or belong to any man, and I will act the same way toward you.”

NLTNew Living Translation

So I bought her back for fifteen pieces of silver and five bushels of barley and a measure of wine. Then I said to her, “You must live in my house for many days and stop your prostitution. During this time, you will not have sexual relations with anyone, not even with me.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver

and a homer of barley and a measure of wine.

And I said to her,

“You must remain as mine for many days,

and you will not play the whore;

you will not belong to a man,

and I will belong to you.”

KJV 1900King James Version

So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley: And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee.