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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 said, “The word of the Lord came to me: Hanamel son of your uncle Shallum is going to come to you and say, ‘Buy my field that is at Anathoth, for the right of redemption by purchase is yours.’ ”(A) Then my cousin Hanamel came to me in the court of the guard, in accordance with the word of the Lord, and said to me, “Buy my field that is at 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 Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel and weighed out the silver to him, seventeen shekels of silver.(B) 10 I signed the deed, sealed it, got witnesses, and weighed the silver on scales.(C) 11 Then I took the sealed deed of purchase containing the terms and conditions and the open copy,(D) 12 and I gave the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah son of Mahseiah, in the presence of my cousin[a] Hanamel, in the presence of the witnesses who signed the deed of purchase, and in the presence of all the Judeans who were sitting in the court of the guard.(E)

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  1. 32.12 Gk Syr Vg: Heb my uncle