Genesis 23:11
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11 (A)“No, my lord, hear me: I give you the field and the cave that is in it; I give it to you in the presence of the sons of my people. I give it to you. Bury your dead!”
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Luke 19:24
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24 “And he said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina from him, and give it to him who has ten minas.’
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Isaiah 32:8
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8 But a [a]generous man devises generous things,
And by generosity he shall stand.
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- Isaiah 32:8 noble
Jeremiah 32:7-12
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7 ‘Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you, saying, “Buy my field which is in Anathoth, for the (A)right of redemption is yours to buy it.” ’ 8 Then Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the Lord, and said to me, ‘Please buy my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption yours; buy it for yourself.’ Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord. 9 So I bought the field from Hanamel, the son of my uncle who was in Anathoth, and (B)weighed out to him the money—seventeen shekels of silver. 10 And I signed the [a]deed and sealed it, took witnesses, and weighed the money on the scales. 11 So I took the purchase deed, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open; 12 and I gave the purchase deed to (C)Baruch the son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my uncle’s son, and in the presence of the (D)witnesses who signed the purchase deed, before all the Jews who sat in the court of the prison.
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- Jeremiah 32:10 Lit. book
1 Chronicles 21:22-24
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22 Then David said to Ornan, [a]“Grant me the place of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar on it to the Lord. You shall grant it to me at the full price, that the plague may be withdrawn from the people.”
23 But Ornan said to David, “Take it to yourself, and let my lord the king do what is good in his eyes. Look, I also give you the oxen for burnt offerings, the threshing implements for wood, and the wheat for the grain offering; I give it all.”
24 Then King David said to Ornan, “No, but I will surely buy it for the full price, for I will not take what is yours for the Lord, nor offer burnt offerings with that which costs me nothing.”
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- 1 Chronicles 21:22 Lit. Give
2 Samuel 24:20-24
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20 Now Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming toward him. So Araunah went out and bowed before the king with his face to the ground.
21 Then Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?”
(A)And David said, “To buy the threshing floor from you, to build an altar to the Lord, that (B)the plague may be withdrawn from the people.”
22 Now Araunah said to David, “Let my lord the king take and offer up whatever seems good to him. (C)Look, here are oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing implements and the yokes of the oxen for wood. 23 All these, O king, Araunah has given to the king.”
And Araunah said to the king, “May the Lord your God (D)accept you.”
24 Then the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will surely buy it from you for a price; nor will I offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God with that which costs me nothing.” So (E)David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
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Ruth 4:11
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11 And all the people who were at the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. (A)The Lord make the woman who is coming to your house like Rachel and Leah, the two who (B)built the house of Israel; and may you prosper in (C)Ephrathah and be famous in (D)Bethlehem.
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Ruth 4:9
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9 And Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses this day that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, from the hand of Naomi.
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Ruth 4:4
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4 And I thought to [a]inform you, saying, (A)‘Buy it back (B)in the presence of the inhabitants and the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if [b]you will not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know; (C)for there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.’ ”
And he said, “I will redeem it.”
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Ruth 4:1
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Boaz Redeems Ruth
4 Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there; and behold, (A)the close relative of whom Boaz had spoken came by. So Boaz said, “Come aside, [a]friend, sit down here.” So he came aside and sat down.
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- Ruth 4:1 Heb. peloni almoni, lit. so and so
Deuteronomy 19:15
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The Law Concerning Witnesses
15 (A)“One witness shall not rise against a man concerning any iniquity or any sin that he commits; by the mouth of two or three witnesses the matter shall be established.
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Deuteronomy 17:6
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6 Whoever is deserving of death shall be put to death on the testimony of two or three (A)witnesses; he shall not be put to death on the testimony of one witness.
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Numbers 35:30
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30 Whoever kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death on the (A)testimony of witnesses; but one witness is not sufficient testimony against a person for the death penalty.
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Genesis 23:18
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18 to Abraham as a possession in the presence of the sons of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.
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Genesis 23:6
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6 “Hear us, my lord: You are (A)a [a]mighty prince among us; bury your dead in the choicest of our burial places. None of us will withhold from you his burial place, that you may bury your dead.”
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- Genesis 23:6 Lit. prince of God
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