So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and about a homer and a lethek of barley. Then I told her, “You are to live with me many days; you must.

Hosea asks her to live in complete abstinence of sexual relations for many days, to stop playing the harlot, and to refrain from marrying another man.

And I said to her, “You shall stay with me many days; you shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a man—so, too, will I be toward you.”

The Lord said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress.

2 So I bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley. 3 Then I said to her, “You shall stay with me for many days.

So I bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley. Then I said to her, “You shall stay with me for many days.

2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and ahomer and a lethech of barley. 3 And I said to her, “You mustdwell as mine for many days.

New International Version So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and about a homer and a lethek of barley. New Living Translation So I bought her ...

2. (2-3) Hosea demonstrates his love to Gomer and restores her through purchase. So I bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver, and one and one-half ...

So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver — That is, according to the ancient custom, I paid her dower. It was usual among the Hebrews for men to ...