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that Hanamel, my uncle Shallum's son, would come to me with the request to buy his field at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin, because I was his nearest relative and had the right to buy it for myself.
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Then, just as the Lord had said, Hanamel came to me there in the courtyard and asked me to buy the field. So I knew that the Lord had really spoken to me.
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I bought the field from Hanamel and weighed out the money to him; the price came to seventeen pieces of silver.
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I signed and sealed the deed, had it witnessed, and weighed out the money on scales.
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Then I took both copies of the deed of purchase - the sealed copy containing the contract and its conditions, and the open copy -
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.