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Hosea 3:2

Berean Standard Bible · Westminster Leningrad Codex

3:2
So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver (note: 15 shekels is approximately 6 ounces or 171 grams of silver.) and a homer and a lethech of barley (note: Or a homer and a half of barley; that is, a total of approximately 9.36 bushels or 330 liters (probably about 436 pounds or 198 kilograms of barley); LXX a homer of barley and a wineskin full of wine).
וָאֶכְּרֶ֣הָ לִּ֔י בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר כָּ֑סֶף וְחֹ֥מֶר שְׂעֹרִ֖ים וְלֵ֥תֶךְ שְׂעֹרִֽים׃