Hosea 3:2

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

And I bought her for myself with fifteen shekels of silver and a homer of barley and a lethech of barley.

Latin

Et fodi eam mihi quindecim argenteis, et coro hordei, et dimidio coro hordæi.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Hosea 3:2

So I bought her: The Bible does not explain why the prophet had to buy his wife. Many believe that the unfaithful Gomer fell into debt and became a slave. The low price Hosea paid suggests that Gomer was seen as a low-value slave (see Exodus 21:32; Leviticus 27:4).

Hosea 1:2–3:5

This section describes a small part of the prophet's life, focusing on his troubled marriage. It highlights God's difficult relationship with Israel, his chosen people.

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Prophetic Sign Acts

Events

Prophecies of Hoseac. 785 BC

Measurements

of silver: About 6 oz (171 g)
a lethech of barley: About 9.36 bu (330 l)

Related verses

Genesis 34:12
Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”
Leviticus 27:16
If 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.
Ezekiel 45:11
The 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.
1 Samuel 18:25
Saul 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.
Exodus 22:17
If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount comparable to the bridal price of a virgin.
Genesis 31:41
Thus 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!
Isaiah 5:10
For ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.”

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