Verse 2

So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver, and a homer of barley, and a half homer of barley.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 27:16 : 16 And if a man sanctifies to the LORD some part of a field of his possession, then your estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: a homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
  • Ezek 45:11 : 11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, so that the bath may contain a tenth part of a homer, and the ephah a tenth part of a homer: their measure shall be according to the homer.
  • 1 Sam 18:25 : 25 And Saul said, Thus shall you say to David, The king desires no dowry, but a 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.
  • Isa 5:10 : 10 Indeed, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah.
  • Gen 31:41 : 41 Thus have I been twenty years in your house; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your cattle: and you have changed my wages ten times.
  • Gen 34:12 : 12 Ask me for ever so much dowry and gift, and I will give according to your saying to me, but give me the young woman as a wife.
  • Exod 22:17 : 17 If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.