Jeremiah said, “The word of the Lord came to me: Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you and say, (A)‘Buy my field that is at (B)Anathoth, (C)for the right of redemption by purchase is yours.’ Then Hanamel my cousin came to me in (D)the court of the guard, in accordance with the word of the Lord, and said to me, ‘Buy my field that is at (E)Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for the right of possession and redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.’ Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.

“And I bought the field at (F)Anathoth from Hanamel my cousin, and (G)weighed out the money to him, seventeen shekels of silver. 10 (H)I signed the deed, (I)sealed it, (J)got witnesses, and (K)weighed the money on scales. 11 Then I took the sealed deed of purchase, containing the terms and conditions and the open copy. 12 And I gave the deed of purchase to (L)Baruch the son of Neriah son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my cousin, in the presence of (M)the witnesses who signed the deed of purchase, and in the presence of all the Judeans who were sitting in (N)the court of the guard.

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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”