King James Version
Jeremiah 32:11 in the King James Version says “So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was o...” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 32 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open:”
Jeremiah 32:11 · KJV
And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver. seventeen: or, seven shekels and ten pieces of silver
And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances. subscribed: Heb. wrote in the book
So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open:
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 son, 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.
And I charged Baruch before them, saying,
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“of the purchase”
H4736properly, a buying, i.e., acquisition; concretely, a piece of property (land or living); also the sum paid
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“according to the law”
H4687a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the law)
“and custom”
H2706an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and that which was open”
H1540to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
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