² So I bought her for myself for ^[a]fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley [the price of a common slave]. ³ And I said to her, “You shall stay with me for many days. You shall not play the prostitute nor shall you have a man; so I will also be toward you [until you have proved your faithfulness].” ⁴ For the sons of Israel will remain for many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or [idolatrous] pillar, and without ^[b]ephod or teraphim (household idols).