Hosea 3:2 BSB — MannaFest

Hosea 3:2

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

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver,.... Or, "fifteen shekels", which was about one pound seventeen shillings and six pence of our money, reckoning a shekel at two shillings and six pence; though some make it to be but two shillings and four pence; this was but half the price of a servant, Exo 21:32, and alludes to the dowry which men used to give to women at their marriage; see 1Sa 18:

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Fifteen pieces of silver - It was half the value of a slave, Exod. xxi, 32. An homer of barley - About fourteen bushels. Of barley - The meanest kind of provision; and suited to a low condition, all this is, to set forth Israel's indigence and ingratitude, and God's bounty to Israel.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Fifteen pieces of silver - If they were shekels, the price of this woman was about two pounds five shillings. A homer of barley - As the homer was about eight bushels, or something more, the homer and half was about twelve or thirteen bushels.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וָאֶכְּרֶ֣הָ	va.'e.ke.Re.ha	and I bought her	H3739 →
לִּ֔י	Li	for myself
בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה	ba.cha.mi.Shah	for fif-	H2568 →
עָשָׂ֖ר	'a.Sar	teen	H6240 →
כָּ֑סֶף	Ka.sef	silver	H3701 →
וְחֹ֥מֶר	ve.Cho.mer	and a homer of	H2563 →
שְׂעֹרִ֖ים	se.'o.Rim	barley<s>	H8184 →
וְלֵ֥תֶךְ	ve.Le.tekh	and a lethech of	H3963 →
שְׂעֹרִֽים׃	se.'o.Rim	barley<s>	H8184 →

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

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Through
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…
leads to
- 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.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
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.
leads to
- 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!”
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 22:29
  then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as…
Through
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.”
leads to
- Leviticus 26:26
  When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.
- Haggai 2:16
  from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths, there were but twenty.
- Haggai 1:6
  You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into…
Through
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!”
leads to
- Exodus 22:16–17
  If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be his wife.

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

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