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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/32.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/jeremiah/32.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />I signed and sealed the deed, had it witnessed, and weighed out the silver on the scales.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/32.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />I signed and sealed the deed of purchase before witnesses, weighed out the silver, and paid him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/32.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />I signed the deed, sealed it, got witnesses, and weighed the money on scales.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/32.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/32.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed <i>it</i>, and took witnesses, and weighed <i>him</i> the money in the balances.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/32.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And I signed the deed and sealed <i>it,</i> took witnesses, and weighed the money on the scales.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/32.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And I signed and sealed the deed, and called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/32.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220I signed and sealed the deed, and called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/32.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And I signed and sealed the deed, and called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/32.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And I signed and sealed the deed and called in witnesses and weighed out the silver on the scales.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/32.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I signed the deed and sealed it, and called in witnesses, and weighed out the money on the scales.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/32.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I recorded it on a scroll, sealed it, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/32.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I recorded it on a scroll, sealed it, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver in the scales. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/32.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/32.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/32.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I signed the deed, sealed it, had people witness the signing of the deed, and paid out the silver.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/32.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I signed and sealed the deed, had it witnessed, and weighed out the money on scales. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/32.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I signed the deed and sealed it. I called in witnesses and used scales to weigh out the silver. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/32.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/32.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I signed the deed of purchase, sealed it, and had some men serve as witnesses to the purchase. I weighed out the silver for him on a scale.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/32.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/32.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And I subscribed the contract, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/32.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I signed the deed, sealed it, called witnesses, and weighed the money in the balances to him. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/32.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I write in a scroll, and seal, and cause witnesses to testify, and weigh the silver in balances;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/32.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And I write in a book, and seal, and cause witnesses to testify, and weigh the silver in balances;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/32.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I shall write in a book, and seal and affirm witnesses, and weigh the silver in the balances.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/32.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I wrote it in a book and sealed it, and took witnesses: and I weighed him the money in the balances. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/32.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I wrote it in a book and signed it, and I summoned witnesses. And I weighed out the silver on a scale.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/32.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When I had written and sealed the deed, called witnesses and weighed out the silver on the scales,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/32.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I signed the deed, sealed it, got witnesses, and weighed the money on scales.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/32.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And I wrote the deed, and sealed it and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the scales.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/32.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I wrote a deed and I ratified and I summoned witnesses and I weighed the silver in a balance<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/32.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/32.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And I wrote <i>it</i> in a book, and sealed <i>it</i>, and took the testimony of witnesses, and weighed the money in the balance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/32-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=9776" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/32.htm">Jeremiah Buys Hanamel's Field</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and I weighed out seventeen shekels of silver. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3789.htm" title="3789: wā·’eḵ·tōḇ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To write. A primitive root; to grave, by implication, to write.">I signed</a> <a href="/hebrew/2856.htm" title="2856: wā·’eḥ·tōm (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To seal, affix a seal, seal up. A primitive root; to close up; especially to seal.">and sealed</a> <a href="/hebrew/5612.htm" title="5612: bas·sê·p̄er (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A missive, document, writing, book. Or ciphrah; from caphar; properly, writing; by implication, a book.">the deed,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5749.htm" title="5749: wā·’ā·‘êḏ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify; intensively, to encompass, restore.">called in witnesses,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5707.htm" title="5707: ‘ê·ḏîm (N-mp) -- A witness. Contracted from uwd; concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. Prince."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8254.htm" title="8254: wā·’eš·qōl (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To weigh. A primitive root; to suspend or poise.">and weighed out</a> <a href="/hebrew/3701.htm" title="3701: hak·ke·sep̄ (Art:: N-ms) -- Silver, money. From kacaph; silver; by implication, money.">the silver</a> <a href="/hebrew/3976.htm" title="3976: bə·mō·zə·nā·yim (Prep-b:: N-md) -- Balances, scales. From 'azan; a pair of scales.">on the scales.</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>Then I took the deed of purchase—the sealed copy with its terms and conditions, as well as the open copy—…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ruth/4-1.htm">Ruth 4:1-10</a></span><br />Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down. / Then Boaz took ten of the elders of the city and said, “Sit here,” and they did so. / And he said to the kinsman-redeemer, “Naomi, who has returned from the land of Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/23-16.htm">Genesis 23:16-20</a></span><br />Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants. / So Ephron’s field at Machpelah near Mamre, the cave that was in it, and all the trees within the boundaries of the field were deeded over / to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/32-44.htm">Jeremiah 32:44</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/36-4.htm">Jeremiah 36:4</a></span><br />So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and at the dictation of Jeremiah, Baruch wrote on a scroll all the words that the LORD had spoken to Jeremiah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/8-1.htm">Isaiah 8:1-2</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz. / And I will appoint for Myself trustworthy witnesses—Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-38.htm">Nehemiah 9:38</a></span><br />In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/esther/8-8.htm">Esther 8:8</a></span><br />Now you may write in the king’s name as you please regarding the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring. For a decree that is written in the name of the king and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/1-63.htm">Luke 1:63</a></span><br />Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/8-6.htm">John 8:6-8</a></span><br />They said this to test Him, in order to have a basis for accusing Him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with His finger. / When they continued to question Him, He straightened up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her.” / And again He bent down and wrote on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-16.htm">Acts 7:16</a></span><br />Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/28-30.htm">Acts 28:30</a></span><br />Paul stayed there two full years in his own rented house, welcoming all who came to visit him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/4-11.htm">Romans 4:11</a></span><br />And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/16-3.htm">1 Corinthians 16:3</a></span><br />Then, on my arrival, I will send letters with those you recommend to carry your gift to Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-22.htm">2 Corinthians 1:22</a></span><br />placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/1-13.htm">Ephesians 1:13-14</a></span><br />And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, / who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.</p><p class="hdg">I.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/32-12.htm">Jeremiah 32:12,44</a></b></br> 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 <i>son</i>, 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/44-5.htm">Isaiah 44:5</a></b></br> One shall say, I <i>am</i> the LORD'S; and another shall call <i>himself</i> by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe <i>with</i> his hand unto the LORD, and surname <i>himself</i> by the name of Israel.</p><p class="hdg">subscribed the evidence.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/18-9.htm">Joshua 18:9</a></b></br> And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came <i>again</i> to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/30-8.htm">Isaiah 30:8</a></b></br> Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:</p><p class="hdg">and sealed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-34.htm">Deuteronomy 32:34</a></b></br> <i>Is</i> not this laid up in store with me, <i>and</i> sealed up among my treasures?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/14-17.htm">Job 14:17</a></b></br> My transgression <i>is</i> sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/songs/8-6.htm">Song of Solomon 8:6</a></b></br> Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love <i>is</i> strong as death; jealousy <i>is</i> cruel as the grave: the coals thereof <i>are</i> coals of fire, <i>which hath</i> a most vehement flame.</p><p class="hdg">and took.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/32-12.htm">Jeremiah 32:12,25,44</a></b></br> 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 <i>son</i>, 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ruth/4-9.htm">Ruth 4:9-11</a></b></br> And Boaz said unto the elders, and <i>unto</i> all the people, Ye <i>are</i> witnesses this day, that I have bought all that <i>was</i> Elimelech's, and all that <i>was</i> Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/8-1.htm">Isaiah 8:1,2</a></b></br> Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/proverbs/20-23.htm">Balances</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-2.htm">Book</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-9.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-16.htm">Contract</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-18.htm">Deed</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-17.htm">Evidence</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-9.htm">Money</a> <a href="/isaiah/46-6.htm">Scales</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-24.htm">Seal</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-11.htm">Sealed</a> <a href="/esther/8-8.htm">Signed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-9.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/job/41-15.htm">Stamp</a> <a href="/job/39-21.htm">Stamping</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-12.htm">Subscribed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-7.htm">Testify</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-9.htm">Weigh</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-9.htm">Weighed</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-9.htm">Witnessed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-18.htm">Witnesses</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-33.htm">Write</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-9.htm">Writing</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/5-1.htm">Balances</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-12.htm">Book</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-25.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-14.htm">Contract</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-11.htm">Deed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-11.htm">Evidence</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-25.htm">Money</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-1.htm">Scales</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-44.htm">Seal</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-11.htm">Sealed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-12.htm">Signed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-25.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-11.htm">Stamp</a> <a href="/jeremiah/47-3.htm">Stamping</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-12.htm">Subscribed</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-13.htm">Testify</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-10.htm">Weigh</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-20.htm">Weighed</a> <a href="/matthew/27-54.htm">Witnessed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-12.htm">Witnesses</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-2.htm">Write</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-11.htm">Writing</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 32</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/32-1.htm">Jeremiah, being imprisoned by Zedekiah for his prophecy,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/32-6.htm">buys Hanameel's field.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/32-13.htm">Baruch must preserve the evidences, as tokens of the people's return.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/32-16.htm">Jeremiah in his prayer complains to God.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/32-26.htm">God confirms the captivity for their sins;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/32-36.htm">and promises a gracious return.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This act by Jeremiah was significant because it demonstrated his faith in God's promise of restoration despite the impending Babylonian exile. The sealing of the deed ensured its authenticity and protection, symbolizing the certainty of God's covenant promises. This act can be seen as a type of Christ, who guarantees the New Covenant through His blood, sealing believers with the Holy Spirit (<a href="/ephesians/1-13.htm">Ephesians 1:13-14</a>).<p><b>called in witnesses</b><br>The presence of witnesses was crucial in ancient legal transactions to verify the legitimacy of the agreement. This practice is consistent with the Mosaic Law, which required witnesses to establish a matter (<a href="/deuteronomy/19-15.htm">Deuteronomy 19:15</a>). Jeremiah's inclusion of witnesses underscores the public and undeniable nature of the transaction, reflecting the transparency and accountability expected in God's community. This mirrors the role of witnesses in the New Testament, where the apostles and early Christians bore witness to the resurrection of Christ (<a href="/acts/1-8.htm">Acts 1:8</a>).<p><b>and weighed out the silver on the scales</b><br>Weighing silver on scales was a common method of ensuring fair and accurate transactions in the ancient world. This detail highlights the integrity and precision involved in the purchase, reflecting God's justice and righteousness. The use of silver, a valuable commodity, emphasizes the costliness of redemption, paralleling the precious blood of Christ as the price for humanity's salvation (<a href="/1_peter/1-18.htm">1 Peter 1:18-19</a>). The act of weighing also signifies the careful consideration and deliberate action taken by Jeremiah, trusting in God's future restoration of Israel.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>The prophet who is instructed by God to buy a field in Anathoth as a sign of hope and future restoration for Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/anathoth.htm">Anathoth</a></b><br>A town in the territory of Benjamin, significant as Jeremiah's hometown and the location of the field he purchases.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/w/witnesses.htm">Witnesses</a></b><br>Individuals called upon to observe and validate the transaction, ensuring its legality and authenticity.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_deed.htm">The Deed</a></b><br>A legal document that signifies the purchase of the field, symbolizing God's promise of restoration.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_scales.htm">The Scales</a></b><br>Used to weigh the silver, representing fairness and accuracy in the transaction.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_action.htm">Faith in Action</a></b><br>Jeremiah's purchase of the field is an act of faith, demonstrating trust in God's promises despite current circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbol_of_hope.htm">Symbol of Hope</a></b><br>The transaction serves as a tangible sign of hope and future restoration for Israel, reminding believers of God's faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/legal_and_spiritual_integrity.htm">Legal and Spiritual Integrity</a></b><br>The detailed process of signing, sealing, and witnessing the deed emphasizes the importance of integrity in both legal and spiritual matters.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>The event underscores God's control over history and His ability to fulfill His promises, encouraging believers to trust in His plan.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_witness.htm">Community Witness</a></b><br>The involvement of witnesses highlights the role of community in affirming and supporting acts of faith.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_32.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 32</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_jeremiah's_land_purchase_verified.htm">Jeremiah 32:9–15: How can the account of Jeremiah purchasing land during a siege be historically or archaeologically verified if the city was on the brink of destruction? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_a_last_will_and_testament.htm">What is a Last Will and Testament?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_rev_1_7_conflict_with_earth's_shape.htm">Revelation 1:7 - Does 'every eye will see him' conflict with the realities of a spherical Earth and different time zones?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_eccl._10_1_align_with_grace.htm">How can 'dead flies spoil the perfumer's ointment' (Ecclesiastes 10:1) be reconciled with biblical themes of grace and forgiveness?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/32.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">And I subscribed the evidence . . .</span>--Literally, as in the margin, <span class= "ital">I wrote in the book</span>--the last word being used for any kind of document, as for an indictment in <a href="/job/31-35.htm" title="Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that my adversary had written a book.">Job 31:35</a>, and here for a deed of conveyance. The minuteness with which the transaction is recorded is every way remarkable, partly as showing that the prophet was careful that no legal formality should be lacking to give validity to the purchase; partly, as the next verse shows, because there was a secret, unattested, unsealed (and in that sense "open") document, which the witnesses did not subscribe, and with the contents of which they were probably not acquainted. The sealed document was one closed up as a safeguard against fraudulent alterations (comp. <a href="/isaiah/29-11.htm" title="And the vision of all is become to you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray you: and he said, I cannot; for it is sealed:">Isaiah 29:11</a>). In the weighing of the money we see an indication of the old practice--probably consequent on the practice of "clipping" coined money--of dealing even with the current coin as if it were bullion, just as bankers weigh a parcel of sovereigns now before giving credit for the amount. (Comp. <a href="/genesis/23-16.htm" title="And Abraham listened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.">Genesis 23:16</a>; <a href="/zechariah/11-12.htm" title="And I said to them, If you think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.">Zechariah 11:12</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/32.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 10-14.</span> - The Authorized Version is here so far wrong, on technical terms, that it seems best to retranslate the whole passage: "And I wrote (the circumstances) in the deed, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed the money in the balance. And I took the purchase deed, that which was sealed (containing the offer and the conditions), and that which was open; and I gave the purchase deed unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah (rather, Makhseiah), in the sight of Hanameel my uncle, and in the sight of the witnesses who subscribed the purchase deed, in the sight of all the Jews who were sitting in the court of the guard. And I charged Baruch before them, saying, Thus saith Jehovah Sabaoth, the God of Israel, Take these deeds, this sealed purchase deed, and this open deed; and put them into an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days." The deed was made in two copies, so that if the open one were lost, or suspected of having been tampered with, an appeal might always be made to the sealed copy. The latter was to be placed in an earthen vessel, to preserve it from injury by damp. It ought to be added that the words in ver. 11, rendered "containing the offer and the conditions," are difficult. "Containing" is not expressed in the Hebrew, and "offer" is not the ordinary meaning, though etymologically justifiable. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/32-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I signed</span><br /><span class="heb">וָאֶכְתֹּ֤ב</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’eḵ·tōḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3789.htm">Strong's 3789: </a> </span><span class="str2">To grave, to write</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and sealed</span><br /><span class="heb">וָֽאֶחְתֹּ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’eḥ·tōm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2856.htm">Strong's 2856: </a> </span><span class="str2">To seal, affix a seal, seal up</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the deed,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּסֵּ֙פֶר֙</span> <span class="translit">(bas·sê·p̄er)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5612.htm">Strong's 5612: </a> </span><span class="str2">A missive, document, writing, book</span><br /><br /><span class="word">called in witnesses,</span><br /><span class="heb">וָאָעֵ֖ד</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’ā·‘êḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5749.htm">Strong's 5749: </a> </span><span class="str2">To duplicate, repeat, to protest, testify, to encompass, restore</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and weighed out</span><br /><span class="heb">וָאֶשְׁקֹ֥ל</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’eš·qōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8254.htm">Strong's 8254: </a> </span><span class="str2">To suspend, poise</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the silver</span><br /><span class="heb">הַכֶּ֖סֶף</span> <span class="translit">(hak·ke·sep̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3701.htm">Strong's 3701: </a> </span><span class="str2">Silver, money</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on the scales.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּמֹאזְנָֽיִם׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·mō·zə·nā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - md<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3976.htm">Strong's 3976: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pair of scales</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/32-10.htm">Jeremiah 32:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/32-10.htm">Jeremiah 32:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/32-10.htm">Jeremiah 32:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/32-10.htm">Jeremiah 32:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/32-10.htm">Jeremiah 32:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/32-10.htm">Jeremiah 32:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/32-10.htm">Jeremiah 32:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/32-10.htm">Jeremiah 32:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/32-10.htm">Jeremiah 32:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/32-10.htm">Jeremiah 32:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/32-10.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 32:10 I subscribed the deed and sealed it (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/32-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 32:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 32:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/32-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 32:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 32:11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>