So I boughther for myself for fifteen[shekels] of silverand a homerand a halfof barley.
"ThesetwentyyearsI have been in your house;I servedyou fourteenyearsfor your twodaughtersand sixyearsfor your flock,and you changedmy wagestentimes.
"Askme ever somuchbridalpaymentand gift,and I will giveaccording as you sayto me; but giveme the girlin marriage."
"Ifher fatherabsolutelyrefusesto giveher to him, he shall paymoneyequal to the dowryfor virgins.
"For tenacresof vineyardwill yield[only] onebath[of wine], And a homerof seedwill yield[but] an ephahof grain."
"The ephahand the bathshall be the samequantity,so that the bathwill containa tenthof a homerand the ephaha tenthof a homer;their standardshall be accordingto the homer.
Then I saidto her, "You shall staywith me for manydays.You shall not playthe harlot,norshall you havea man;so I will alsobe towardyou."
Again, ifa manconsecratesto the LORDpart of the fieldsof his own property,then your valuationshall be proportionateto the seedneeded for it: a homerof barleyseedat fiftyshekelsof silver.
"Moreover,I have acquiredRuththe Moabitess,the widowof Mahlon,to be my wifein order to raiseup the nameof the deceasedon his inheritance,so that the nameof the deceasedwill not be cutofffrom his brothersor from the courtof his [birth] place;you are witnessestoday."
Saulthen said,"Thusyou shall sayto David,'The kingdoes not desireany dowryexcepta hundredforeskinsof the Philistines,to takevengeanceon the king'senemies.'"Now Saulplannedto make Davidfallby the handof the Philistines.
