Hosea 3:2

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And I buy her to me for fifteen silverlings, and a homer and a letech of barley;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Hosea 3:2 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 31:41Thus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!
  2. Genesis 34:12Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”
  3. Exodus 22:17If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount comparable to the bridal price of a virgin.
  4. Leviticus 27:16If a man consecrates to the LORD a parcel of his land, then your valuation shall be proportional to the seed required for it—fifty shekels of silver for every homer of barley seed.
  5. 1 Samuel 18:25Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.
  6. Isaiah 5:10For ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.”
  7. Ezekiel 45:11The ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity so that the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure for both.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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