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Hosea 3:2–3

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2So I abargained for her for myself for fifteen 1shekels of silver and a 2homer and a 3half of barley.

3Then I said to her, “You shall astay with me for many days. You shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a 1man; so I will also be toward you.”

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Footnotes

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

Cross references

  1. aRuth 4:10
  2. aDeut 21:13

In other versions

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.