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And Jeremiah said, “The word of Yahweh came to me, saying, ‘Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle is coming to you, saying, “Buy for yourself my field which is at (A)Anathoth, for you have the (B)legal judgment for redemption to buy it.”’ Then Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the (C)court of the guard according to the word of Yahweh and said to me, ‘Buy my field, please, that is at (D)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 (E)word of Yahweh.

“I bought the field which was at Anathoth from Hanamel my uncle’s son, and I (F)weighed out the silver for him, seventeen [a](G)shekels of silver. 10 And I [b](H)signed and (I)sealed the deed and (J)called in witnesses and weighed out the silver on the scales. 11 Then I took the deeds of purchase, both the sealed copy containing the (K)commandment and statutes and the open copy, 12 and I gave the deed of purchase to (L)Baruch the son of (M)Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of Hanamel my uncle’s son and in the sight of the witnesses who signed the deed of purchase, in the sight of all the Jews who were sitting in the court of the guard.

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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

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