0 In Hosea 3, God told Hosea to have sex with an adulteress. So Hosea bought one. How much did he pay?

Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies. Exodus 7:4

Trivia: After Moses turned turned his rod into a serpent, what did Pharaoh's magicians do?

In Hosea 3, God told Hosea to have sex with an adulteress. So Hosea bought one. How much did he pay?


Fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley

The LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress....
So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley. Hosea 3:1
The LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress.... So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley. Hosea 3:1

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