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

Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. Leviticus 24:14

Trivia: What is the biblically correct way to kill a man or women with a "familiar spirit"?

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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