The Symbolic Purchase of the Field

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Lo, Hanameel son of Shallum, thine uncle, is coming unto thee, saying, Buy for thee my field that is in Anathoth, for thine is the right of redemption--to buy.

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And Hanameel, my uncle's son, cometh in unto me, according to the word of Jehovah, unto the court of the prison, and saith unto me, `Buy, I pray thee, my field that is in Anathoth, that is in the land of Benjamin, for thine is the right of possession, and thine of redemption--buy for thee.' And I know that it is the word of Jehovah,

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And I buy the field, that is in Anathoth, from Hanameel, my uncle's son, and I weigh to him the money--seventeen shekels of silver.

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And I write in a book, and seal, and cause witnesses to testify, and weigh the silver in balances;

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And I take the purchase-book, the sealed one, according to law and custom, and the open one.

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And I give the purchase-book unto Baruch son of Neriah, son of Maaseiah, before the eyes of Hanameel, my uncle's son, and before the eyes of the witnesses, those writing in the purchase-book, before the eyes of all the Jews who are sitting in the court of the prison.

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And I charge Baruch before their eyes, saying,

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`Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Take these books, this purchase-book, both the sealed one and the open one, and thou hast put them in an earthen vessel, that they may remain many days;

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For thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Again are houses and fields and vineyards bought in this land.'

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