So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.
Cross References
Ruth 4:10Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon's widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today."
Hosea 3:3Then I said to her, "You must live with me for many days; you must not be promiscuous or belong to another, and I will do the same for you."
Treasury of Scripture
So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:
I bought.
Genesis 31:41
Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
Genesis 34:12
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.
Exodus 22:17
If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
an homer.
Leviticus 27:16
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.
Isaiah 5:10
Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.
Ezekiel 45:11
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.
half homer.
