Jeremiah Chapter 32 verse 11 Holy Bible
So I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was sealed, `according to' the law and custom, and that which was open:
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So I took the paper witnessing the business, one copy rolled up and stamped, and one copy open:
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And I took the writing of the purchase, that which was sealed [according to] the law and the statutes, and that which was open;
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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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So I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was sealed, containing the terms and conditions, and that which was open;
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And I take the purchase-book, the sealed one, according to law and custom, and the open one.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) Both that which was sealed . . . and that which was open.--We are left to conjecture why there were two documents, and why one was sealed and the other open. Possibly, as in modern transactions, one was simply a duplicate copy of the other, the sealed document being the formal evidence of purchase kept by the buyer, and the other left with the vendor for reference. The more probable explanation, however, is that the unsealed document, which the witnesses did not subscribe or see, contained details which did not concern the witnesses, the price paid (though the mention of the witnesses before the weighing of the money militates against this view), the conditions of resumption by the vendor, possibly some reference to the period of seventy years, at the end of which, and not before, the heirs of Jeremiah might expect to enter on possession.According to the law and custom.--Better, to wit, the agreement and the conditions. The whole transaction may be compared, as an example of ancient conveyancing, with the transfer of the field and cave of Machpelah in Genesis 23Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewThen I tookוָאֶקַּ֖ח (wā·’eq·qaḥ)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singularStrong's 3947: To takethe deedסֵ֣פֶר (sê·p̄er)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 5612: A missive, document, writing, bookof purchase—הַמִּקְנָ֑ה (ham·miq·nāh)Article | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 4736: A buying, acquisition, a piece of property, the sum paidthe sealedהֶֽחָת֛וּם (he·ḥā·ṯūm)Article | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singularStrong's 2856: To seal, affix a seal, seal upcopy with its termsהַמִּצְוָ֥ה (ham·miṣ·wāh)Article | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 4687: Commandmentand conditions,וְהַחֻקִּ֖ים (wə·ha·ḥuq·qîm)Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 2706: Something prescribed or owed, a statuteas well asוְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-)Conjunctive waw | Direct object markerStrong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative casethe open copy—הַגָּלֽוּי׃ (hag·gā·lui)Article | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singularStrong's 1540: To denude, to exile, to revealJump to PreviousBusiness Conditions Containing Copy Custom Deed Deeds Evidence Law Open Paper Purchase Rolled Sealed Stamped Statutes Terms Unsealed Witnessing Writing
