Jeremiah 32:10

And I wrote it in a book and signed it, and I summoned witnesses. And I weighed out the silver on a scale.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

9And I bought the field, which is in Anathoth, from Hanamel, the son of my uncle. And I weighed out the money to him, seven small coins and ten pieces of silver.

11And I received the signed deed of possession, and the stipulations, and the ratifications, with the exterior seals.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:34‘Have not these things been stored up with me, and sealed up amid my treasures?

Ruth 4:9And he said to the eldest and to all the people, “You are witnesses this day, that I have taken possession of all that belonged to Elimelech and Chilion and Mahlon, and was bequeathed to Naomi.

Job 14:17You have sealed up my offenses, as if in a purse, but you have cured my iniquity.

Isaiah 8:1And the Lord said to me: “Take up for yourself a large book, and with a man’s pen write in it: ‘Take away the spoils quickly; plunder swiftly.’”

Isaiah 44:5This one will say, “I am the Lord’s,” and that one will call himself by the name of Jacob, and yet another will write with his hand, “For the Lord,” and he will take the name Israel.

Jeremiah 32:25So why, O Lord God, are you saying to me: ‘Buy a field with money, and summon witnesses,’ while the city is being given into the hands of the Chaldeans?”

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 32:2-16

Judgments Predicted; Jeremiah Imprisoned. ( b. c. 589.) 1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar. 2 For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house. 3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord , Behold, I will give this city into the hand… Read the whole commentary →

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