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Hosea 3:2

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3:2 So I paid fifteen shekels of silver and about seven bushels of barley 1  to purchase her.

1 tc The LXX reads “a homer of barley and a measure of wine,” a reading followed by some English translations (e.g., NRSV, NLT).

tn Heb “a homer of barley and a lethech of barley.” A homer was about 5 bushels (180 liters) and a lethech about 2.5 bushels (90 liters).



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