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Then Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the (A)court of the guard according to the word of Yahweh and said to me, ‘Buy my field, please, that is at (B)Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for you have the legal judgment for possession, and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.’ Then I knew that this was the (C)word of Yahweh.

“I bought the field which was at Anathoth from Hanamel my uncle’s son, and I (D)weighed out the silver for him, seventeen [a](E)shekels of silver. 10 And I [b](F)signed and (G)sealed the deed and (H)called in witnesses and weighed out the silver on the scales.

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  1. Jeremiah 32:9 A shekel was approx. 0.4 oz. or 11 gm
  2. Jeremiah 32:10 Or wrote...on the document

“Then, just as the Lord had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and said, ‘Buy my field(A) at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. Since it is your right to redeem it and possess it, buy it for yourself.’

“I knew that this was the word of the Lord; so I bought the field(B) at Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel and weighed out for him seventeen shekels[a] of silver.(C) 10 I signed and sealed the deed,(D) had it witnessed,(E) and weighed out the silver on the scales.

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  1. Jeremiah 32:9 That is, about 7 ounces or about 200 grams