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So I bought her for 23 ounces of silver and 10 bushels of barley. Then I told her, “You must wait for me a long time. Don’t be a prostitute or offer yourself to any man. I will wait for you.”

In the same way, the Israelites will wait a long time without kings or officials, without sacrifices or sacred stones, and without ephods[a] or family idols.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 3:4 Ephod is a technical term for part of the priest’s clothes. Its exact usage and shape are unknown.

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