2So I bought her for fifteen shekels That is, about 6 ounces or about 170 grams of silver and about a homer and a lethek A homer and a lethek possibly weighed about 430 pounds or about 195 kilograms. of barley.
3Then I told her, “You are to live with me many days; you must not be a prostitute or be intimate with any man, and I will behave the same way toward you.” 4For the Israelites will live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred stones, without ephod or household gods.