Jeremiah 32:11
in Jeremiah 32Then I took the deed of purchase—the sealed copy with its terms and conditions, as well as the open copy—
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
So I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was sealed, according to the law and custom, and that which was open:
KJV
So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open:
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This verse in Jeremiah 32
Commentary
6 notes on this verseI took - It is probable, that upon such sales among the Jews, two instruments were made, the one sealed up, to be kept by the purchaser, the other open, to be shewed to the Judges, and by them ratified.
This site's exposition
Then I took the deed of
on Jeremiah 32:11-15
Jeremiah hands both copies of the deed to Baruch before witnesses. The order to “put them in a clay jar to preserve them for a long time” looks past the coming destruction. The sign's meaning comes in one sentence: “Houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought in this land.”
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(v. 9 seqq.) But I understood that it was the word of the Lord, and I bought a field from my cousin Anameel, who is in Anathoth, and I weighed out the silver, seven shekels and ten silver coins. And I wrote it in a book, and signed it, and called witnesses, and weighed the silver on a scale. And I received the sealed deed, the terms and conditions, and the external seals.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
He prays with admiration of God's majesty and works; and represents his own conflict, ver. 16-25. God confirms the captivity for their sins, ver. 26-35. but promises a gracious return, ver. 36-44.
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So I took the evidence of the purchase,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
evidence . . . sealed . . . open--Two deeds were drawn up in a contract of sale; the one, the original copy, witnessed and sealed with the public seal; the other not so, but open, and therefore less authoritative, being but a copy.
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How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
in the presence of Hanamel my uncle And until now, he calls him “my uncle’s son.” Perhaps there were two. Otherwise, I do not know what it means. Some are inclined to say that Hanamel was both Jeremiah’s uncle and his uncle’s son; e.g.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וָאֶקַּ֖ח | vaekach | and I took | H3947 → | 966 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| סֵ֣פֶר | sefer | [the] document of | H5612 → | 186 times |
| הַמִּקְנָ֑ה | hamiknah | the purchase | H4736 → | 15 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הֶֽחָת֛וּם | hechatum | the sealed [one] | H2856 → | 26 times |
| הַמִּצְוָ֥ה | hamitzvah | the order | H4687 → | 181 times |
| וְהַחֻקִּ֖ים | vehachukim | and the conditions | H2706 → | 127 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַגָּלֽוּי׃ | hagalui | the uncovered [one] | H1540 → | 186 times |
וָאֶקַּ֖חand I took
vaekachH3947 →966 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
סֵ֣פֶר[the] document of
seferH5612 →186 times
הַמִּקְנָ֑הthe purchase
hamiknahH4736 →15 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הֶֽחָת֛וּםthe sealed [one]
hechatumH2856 →26 times
הַמִּצְוָ֥הthe order
hamitzvahH4687 →181 times
וְהַחֻקִּ֖יםand the conditions
vehachukimH2706 →127 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַגָּלֽוּי׃the uncovered [one]
hagaluiH1540 →186 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Corinthians 11:16If anyone is inclined to dispute this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 7:17
Regardless, each one should lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is what I prescribe in all the churches.
- 1 Timothy 6:3–4
If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching,
- 1 Thessalonians 2:14
For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews,
- Acts 21:24
Take these men, purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses so they can have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know that there is no truth to these rumors about you, but…
- 1 Corinthians 14:33–34
For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace—as in all the churches of the saints.
- 1 Corinthians 7:17
Through
Acts 26:3especially since you are acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. I beg you, therefore, to listen to me patiently.
it leads to
- Acts 6:14
For we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”
- Acts 26:26
For the king knows about these matters, and I can speak freely to him. I am confident that none of this has escaped his notice, because it was not done in a corner.
- Acts 6:14
Through
Luke 2:27Led by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. And when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for Him what was customary under the Law,
it leads to
- Luke 2:22
And when the time of purification according to the Law of Moses was complete, His parents brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord
- Luke 2:22
Where this verse is studied
About Jeremiah
This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.