Jeremiah 32:10
8 Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’” Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.
9 So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and I weighed out seventeen shekels of silver.
I signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.
11 Then I took the deed of purchase—the sealed copy with its terms and conditions, as well as the open copy—
12 and I gave this deed to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of my cousin Hanamel and the witnesses who were signing the purchase agreement and all the Jews sitting in the courtyard of the guard.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- I signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.
- KJV
- And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.
- WEB
- I signed the deed, sealed it, called witnesses, and weighed the money in the balances to him.
- ASV
- And I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.
- DARBY
- And I subscribed the writing, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed the money in the balances.
- BLB
- And I wrote in the account and sealed [it], and I took witnesses, and weighed out the silver in the scales.
- ÅB
- Og jeg skrev det i et brev og forseglet det og tok vitner, og jeg veide sølvet i vektskåler.
- OTB
- Jeg signerte og forseglet skjøtet, fikk det bevitnet, og veide sølvet på vekten.
- B1930
- Og jeg skrev det i et brev og forseglet det og tok vidner, og jeg veide sølvet i vektskåler.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 32:44
Fields will be purchased with silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed, and witnessed in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah—the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev—because I will restore them from captivity, declares the LORD.”
Read in contextJeremiah 32:12
and I gave this deed to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of my cousin Hanamel and the witnesses who were signing the purchase agreement and all the Jews sitting in the courtyard of the guard.
Read in contextJeremiah 32:25
Yet You, O Lord GOD, have said to me, ‘Buy for yourself the field with silver and call in witnesses, even though the city has been delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans!’”
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:34
“Have I not stored up these things, sealed up within My vaults?
Read in contextJob 14:17
My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.
Read in contextIsaiah 44:5
One will say, ‘I belong to the LORD,’ another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, ‘The LORD’s,’ and will take the name of Israel.”
Read in contextRevelation 7:2
And I saw another angel ascending from the east, with the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea:
Read in context2 Corinthians 1:22
placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.
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