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So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer of barley and a measure of wine.[a] And I said to her, ‘You must remain as mine for many days; you shall not play the whore, you shall not have intercourse with a man, nor I with you.’ For the Israelites shall remain many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or pillar, without ephod or teraphim.

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  1. Hosea 3:2 Gk: Heb a homer of barley and a lethech of barley

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