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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”

Jeremiah said, The Lord’s word came to me: Your cousin Hanamel, Shallum’s son, is on his way to see you; and when he arrives, he will tell you: “Buy my field in Anathoth, for by law you are next in line to purchase it.” And just as the Lord had said, my cousin Hanamel showed up at the prison quarters and told me, “Buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you are next in line and have a family obligation to purchase it.” Then I was sure this was the Lord’s doing.

So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and weighed out for him seventeen shekels of silver. 10 I signed the deed, sealed it, had it witnessed, and weighed out the silver on the scales. 11 Then I took the deed of purchase—the sealed copy, with its terms and conditions, and the unsealed copy— 12 and gave it to Baruch, Neriah’s son and Mahseiah’s grandson, before my cousin Hanamel and the witnesses named in the deed, as well as before all the Judeans who were present in the prison quarters.

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