So I bought her for 15 shekels of silver and five bushels of barley.[a][b](A) I said to her, “You must live with me many days. Don’t be promiscuous or belong to any man, and I will act the same way toward you.”

For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince,(B) without sacrifice(C) or sacred pillar,(D) and without ephod(E) or household idols.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 3:2 LXX reads barley and a measure of wine
  2. Hosea 3:2 Lit silver, a homer of barley, and a lethek of barley

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