Passage

Silver and barley

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

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²So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley.

Hosea 3:2World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The narrator buys the woman for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley.

To understand

The action follows the Lord’s instruction to love her. That instruction compares this love with the Lord’s love for Israel even as its people turn to other gods.

A question

Which two things make up the payment described here?