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Hosea 3:2 Cross-References
Explore 7 cross-references for Hosea 3:2 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Hosea chapter 3 verse 2 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley: half: Heb. lethech”
Hosea 3:2 (KJV)
Commentary on Hosea 3:2
Redemption price: 'So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley.' Hosea redeems Gomer from slavery/prostitution, paying redemption price. Fifteen shekels of silver plus barley (worth about fifteen shekels) totals thirty pieces—half a slave's value (Exodus 21:32, thirty shekels) or a depreciated price, suggesting Gomer's degraded state. The Hebrew 'bought' (karah) means purchase/acquire. This enacts God's redemption of Israel: paying price to reclaim His unfaithful people. Barley, poorest grain, emphasizes humble means—Hosea wasn't ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Hosea 3:2
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“and I will give whatever you ask of me”
“that the bath may contain the tenth part of a homer”
“Thus shall you tell David”
“he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.”
“ten yokes”
“and six years for your flock”