2So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:
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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.
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.
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.
Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.
If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)Some think that this chapter refers to Judah, the two tribes, as the adulteress the prophet married (Hos. 1:3) represented the ten tribes ; for this was not to be divorced, as the ten tribes were, but to be left desolate for a long time, and then to return, as the two tribes did. But these are called the children of Israel , which was the ten tribes, and therefore it is more probable that of them…
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