Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Barley » Traffic in
"Now look! I will pay your servants, the lumberjacks who prepare the timber, 20,000 measures of barley, 20,000 baths of wine, and 20,000 baths of oil."
So I bought her back for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and one and a half omers of barley.
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So I bought her back for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and one and a half omers of barley.
So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph traded food in exchange for horses, various flocks and herds, and donkeys. He fed them with food in exchange for their livestock during that year.
That's how Hiram came to provide Solomon as much cedar and cypress timber as he needed.
Marriage » Presents given to parents to secure their favor
Then the servant brought out some silver and gold items, along with some clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave gifts to her brother and to her mother.
So I bought her back for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and one and a half omers of barley.
No matter how big or how extensive your demands are for a dowry and wedding presents from me, I'll provide whatever you ask. Only give me the young lady to be my wife."
then the man who raped her must give 50 shekels of silver to the girl's father. Furthermore, he must marry her. Because he had violated her, he is to not divorce her as long as he lives.
Saul said, "This is what you are to tell David, "The king desires no bride price except 100 Philistine foreskins to take vengeance on the king's enemies.'" Now Saul thought he would cause David to die at the hand of the Philistines.
Marriage » Wives obtained » By purchase
So I bought her back for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and one and a half omers of barley.
Jacob served seven years for Rachel, but it seemed like only a few days because of his love for her.
Jacob fled into the land of Aram; Israel served there to obtain his wife, tending sheep to gain his wife.
along with Mahlon's wife Ruth the Moabite woman. I will marry her to continue the family name as an inheritance, so that the name of the deceased does not disappear from among his relatives, nor from the public record. You are all witnesses today!"
Measure » A homer, about eleven bushels, equal to a cor or ten ephahs
For ten acres of vineyard will produce only one bath, and one omer of seed will produce only one ephah."
"If a person consecrates to the LORD a portion of the field from his inheritance, then your valuation is to be based on its capacity for yielding a harvest. Each omer of barley is to be valued at 50 shekels of silver.
So I bought her back for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and one and a half omers of barley.
The people stayed up all that day, all that night, and all through the next day, gathering quails. The one who gathered least gathered enough to fill ten omers, as they spread out all around the camp.
The ephah and the bath are to be of equal volume; that is, the bath is to contain one tenth of an omer and the ephah one tenth of an omer. The omer is to be the standard on which their volume measurement is to be based. The shekel is to weigh 20 gerahs. The mina is to be comprised of three coins weighing 20, 25, and fifteen shekels, respectively.'" "Here are the standards for presenting offerings: a sixth of an ephah that is based on the standard omer of wheat, and a sixth of an ephah based on the standard omer of barley. read more.
The olive oil quota is to be based on the bath, measured at ten baths to each omer, which is equal to one kor.
The olive oil quota is to be based on the bath, measured at ten baths to each omer, which is equal to one kor.
Measure » A half-homer
So I bought her back for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and one and a half omers of barley.
Polygamy » Hosea
Then the LORD told me: "Go love your wife again, even though she is being loved by another and is committing adultery. Love her the same way the LORD loves the people of Israel, even though they look to other gods and love raisin cakes." So I bought her back for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and one and a half omers of barley.
Symbols and similitudes » Marrying a whore
When a message from the LORD came to Hosea, the LORD told him, "Go marry a prostitute and have children with her, because the land is prostituting itself by departing from the LORD." So call your brothers "Ammi,' and your sisters "Ruhamah.'" So he went out and married Diblaim's daughter Gomer. She conceived with him and gave birth to a son. read more.
The LORD told Hosea, "Name the child "Jezreel,' because in a little while I'll avenge the blood that was shed by Jehu's dynasty at Jezreel. I'll put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel. At that time I'll shatter the military strength of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel." Gomer conceived again and gave birth to a daughter, so the LORD told Hosea, "Name her "Lo-ruhamah,' because I will no longer be showing mercy to the house of Israel, nor will I forgive them. But I'll have mercy on the house of Judah, and I'll save them by the LORD their God I will not save them by the bow, by the sword, by battle, by horses, or by cavalry." After Gomer had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived again and gave birth to a son, so the LORD told Hosea, "Name him "Lo-ammi,' because you are not my people, and I will not be your God.
The LORD told Hosea, "Name the child "Jezreel,' because in a little while I'll avenge the blood that was shed by Jehu's dynasty at Jezreel. I'll put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel. At that time I'll shatter the military strength of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel." Gomer conceived again and gave birth to a daughter, so the LORD told Hosea, "Name her "Lo-ruhamah,' because I will no longer be showing mercy to the house of Israel, nor will I forgive them. But I'll have mercy on the house of Judah, and I'll save them by the LORD their God I will not save them by the bow, by the sword, by battle, by horses, or by cavalry." After Gomer had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived again and gave birth to a son, so the LORD told Hosea, "Name him "Lo-ammi,' because you are not my people, and I will not be your God.
Then the LORD told me: "Go love your wife again, even though she is being loved by another and is committing adultery. Love her the same way the LORD loves the people of Israel, even though they look to other gods and love raisin cakes." So I bought her back for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and one and a half omers of barley. I told her, "You will remain with me a long time, you won't be promiscuous, you won't be involved with any man, and I'll do the same." read more.
Likewise, the people of Israel will dwell a long time without a king, without a prince, without sacrifice, without sacred pillars, and with neither ephod nor teraphim.
Likewise, the people of Israel will dwell a long time without a king, without a prince, without sacrifice, without sacred pillars, and with neither ephod nor teraphim.