¹² and gave the purchase agreement to Baruch^(A) son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah. I did this in the sight of my cousin^[a] Hanamel, the witnesses who had signed the purchase agreement, and all the Judeans sitting in the guard’s courtyard.

¹⁴ “This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Take these scrolls – this purchase agreement with the sealed copy and this open copy – and put them in an earthen storage jar so that they will last a long time.