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And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it.

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So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.

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And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen ° shekels of silver.

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And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.

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So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open:

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And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.

Jeremiah 32:8

32:8 redemption is thine. Note Leviticus 25:25. Jeremiah’s home and relatives (all, like he, being Levites) were in Anathoth, so that he would have a kinsman’s right to buy the land that was in danger of being lost to someone outside the family and tribe.

Jeremiah 32:11

32:11 that which was open. The title document was to be set forth in detail on the inside of the scroll, then sealed, then a briefer summary of the transaction inscribed on the outside. See notes on Revelation 5:1,2; also that on Jeremiah 32:14.

Jeremiah 32:12

32:12 Baruch the son of Neriah. Baruch, first mentioned here, was a friend and scribe to Jeremiah (Jeremiah 36:4,32).

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