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# A choenix of wheat for one denarius
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Some languages might want a verb such as "cost" or "buy" in the sentence. There was very little wheat for all the people, so its price was very high. Alternate translation: "A choenix of wheat now costs one denarius" or "Buy a choenix of wheat with one denarius"
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# A choenix of wheat ... three choenices of barley
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a "choenix" was a specific measure that was about one liter. The plural of "choenix" is "choenices." Alternate translation: "one liter of wheat ... three liters of barley" or "one bowl of wheat ... three bowls of barley" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-bvolume]])
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# one denarius
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This coin was worth a day's wages. Alternate translation: "one silver coin" or "the pay for one day of work" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-bmoney]])
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# But do not harm the oil and the wine
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If the oil and wine were harmed, there would be less of them for people to buy, and their prices would go up.
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# the oil and the wine
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These expressions probably stand for the olive oil harvest and the grape harvest. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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