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Jeremiah Redeems a Field

Jeremiah said, “The word of the Lord came to me. Watch for this. Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, will come to you and tell you to buy his field in Anathoth, because the right of redemption is yours. So buy it.”

Then Hanamel my cousin came to me in the courtyard of the guard, just as the Lord had said, and he told me to buy his field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, because the right to redeem it and take possession of it was mine. He told me to buy it for myself.

Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord. I purchased the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel. I weighed out for him seventeen shekels[a] of silver. 10 I signed the deed, sealed it, called witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales. 11 Then I took the deed of the purchase containing the terms and conditions, both the sealed copy and an unsealed copy, 12 and I gave them to Baruch son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, in the presence of my cousin Hanamel, and in the presence of the witnesses who had signed the deed, and in the presence of all the Jews sitting in the courtyard of the guard.

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

And Jeremiah said, “The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,[a] ‘Look, Hanamel, the son of Shallum, your uncle, is going to come to you, saying,[b] “Buy for yourself my field that is at Anathoth, for you have[c] the right of redemption to buy it.”’[d] Then Hanamel, the son of my uncle, came to me, to the courtyard of the guard according to[e] the word of Yahweh, and he said to me, ‘Please buy my field that is at Anathoth, that is in the land of Benjamin, for to you is the claim of possession, and to you the redemption; buy it[f] for yourself.’ Then I knew that this was the word of Yahweh.

And I bought the field from Hanamel, the son of my uncle, that was at Anathoth. And I weighed out to him the money, seventeen silver shekels. 10 And I signed on the letter[g] and sealed it,[h] and I called witnesses as witness, and I weighed out the money on a set of scales. 11 Then I took the deed[i] of the purchase, the sealed copy containing the commandments[j] and the rules, together with the one that was open. 12 And I gave the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of[k] Hanamel, the son of my uncle, and in the presence of[l] the witnesses who signed the deed of the purchase, in the presence of[m] the Judeans[n] who were sitting in the courtyard of the guard.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 32:6 Literally “to say”
  2. Jeremiah 32:7 Literally “to say”
  3. Jeremiah 32:7 Literally “to you is”
  4. Jeremiah 32:7 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  5. Jeremiah 32:8 Literally “as”
  6. Jeremiah 32:8 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  7. Jeremiah 32:10 Or “scroll”
  8. Jeremiah 32:10 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  9. Jeremiah 32:11 Or “scroll”
  10. Jeremiah 32:11 Hebrew “commandment”
  11. Jeremiah 32:12 Literally “before the eyes of”
  12. Jeremiah 32:12 Literally “before the eyes of”
  13. Jeremiah 32:12 Literally “before the eyes of”
  14. Jeremiah 32:12 Hebrew “Judean”