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707 B
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23 lines
707 B
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## Go again, love a woman, loved by her husband, but who is an adulteress. ##
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This refers back to Hosea 1:2. Hosea was told by Yahweh to again love an adulteress.
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## Love her just as I, Yahweh, love the people of Israel ##
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By his love for the adulteress, Hosea was to be an example of Yahweh's love for Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes ##
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Raisin cakes were used in the sacrificial feasts of idol worship.
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## fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a lethek of barley ##
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the price paid for a slave
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## homer ##
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(See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicalvolume]])
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## lethek ##
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half. Indicates another half homer of barley.
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