Jeremiah 32:10

10 I followed all the proper procedures: In the presence of witnesses I wrote out the bill of sale, sealed it, and weighed out the money on the scales.

Jeremiah 32:10 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 32:10

And I subscribed the evidence
Or, "wrote in a book" ^F21; the instrument or bill of sale, the deed of purchase; which described the field sold, and expressed the condition on which the purchase was made; and by subscribing it he agreed to it, and laid himself under obligation to perform it: and sealed [it];
for the further confirmation of it: and took witnesses;
to be present at the payment of the money, and to sign the deed likewise: and weighed [him] the money in the balances;
this he did a second time; he weighed it first before Hanameel himself, and then before the witnesses; everything was done fairly, and with great exactness.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 (rpob btkaw) "et scripsi in libro", V. L. Munster, Pagninus, Montanus; "in libello", Cocceius.

Jeremiah 32:10 In-Context

8 "And sure enough, just as God had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me while I was in jail and said, 'Buy my field in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin, for you have the legal right to keep it in the family. Buy it. Take it over.' "That did it. I knew it was God's Message.

9 "So I bought the field at Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel. I paid him seventeen silver shekels.

10 I followed all the proper procedures: In the presence of witnesses I wrote out the bill of sale, sealed it, and weighed out the money on the scales.

11 Then I took the deed of purchase - the sealed copy that contained the contract and its conditions and also the open copy -

12 and gave them to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah. All this took place in the presence of my cousin Hanamel and the witnesses who had signed the deed, as the Jews who were at the jail that day looked on.