Hosea 3:2
So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.
Note 15 shekels is approximately 6 ounces or 171 grams of silver.
Note Or a homer and a half of barley; that is, a total of approximately 9.36 bushels or 330 liters (probably about 436 pounds or 198 kilograms of barley); LXX a homer of barley and a wineskin full of wine
So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:
Note half…: Heb. lethech
So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley.
Note 1 homer is about 220 liters or 6 bushels
So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley;
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- I bought
- Genesis 31:41; Genesis 34:12; Exodus 22:17; 1 Samuel 18:25
- an homer
- Leviticus 27:16; Isaiah 5:10; Ezekiel 45:11