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Hsa 3:2 — So I bought her to me for fifteen [pieces] of silver, and [for] an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

I bought		Gen 31:41; Gen 34:12; Exd 22:17; 1Sa 18:25
an homer		Lev 27:16; Isa 5:10; Eze 45:11
half homer		Heb. lethech.

Correlating Passages

I bought

	Gen 31:41	Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
	Gen 34:12	Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
	Exd 22:17	If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
	1Sa 18:25	And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

an homer

	Lev 27:16	And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD [some part] of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed [shall be valued] at fifty shekels of silver.
	Isa 5:10	Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.
	Eze 45:11	The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.

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Scott, Thomas. "Hosea 3:2," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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