Jer 32:8-12, Eze 2:8, 24:18, 37:7, 10, Mat 21:6-7, Mar 14:16, Joh 2:5-8 | TSK | STEP | court. Anathoth. Then I. that this.That it was by His appointment that I was to make this purchase; the whole of which was designed as a symbolical act, to shew the people, that although Judah and Jerusalem should be desolated, and the inhabitants carried captive to Babylon, yet there should be a restoration, when lands and possessions should be again enjoyed by their legal owners, in the same manner as formerly. During the famine that prevailed in the city, Hanameel probably wanted money to purchase bread, and his field would not be thought of much value in such circumstances, which may account for the stipulated sum being so very small; for at 2s. 6d. the shekel, it would only amount to about 2£. 2s. 6d.

Jeremiah 32:8-12

court.

Anathoth.

Then I.

1Sa 9:16,17; 10:3-7; 1Ki 22:25; Zec 11:11; Joh 4:53; Ac 10:17-28

that this.That it was by His appointment that I was to make this purchase; the whole of which was designed as a symbolical act, to shew the people, that although Judah and Jerusalem should be desolated, and the inhabitants carried captive to Babylon, yet there should be a restoration, when lands and possessions should be again enjoyed by their legal owners, in the same manner as formerly. During the famine that prevailed in the city, Hanameel probably wanted money to purchase bread, and his field would not be thought of much value in such circumstances, which may account for the stipulated sum being so very small; for at 2s. 6d. the shekel, it would only amount to about 2£. 2s. 6d.

weighed.

Ge 23:15,16; 1Ki 20:39; Es 3:9; Isa 55:2; *margins

seventeen shekels of silver. or, seven shekels, and tenpieces of silver.

Ge 37:28; Ho 3:2; Zec 11:12,13

12,44; Isa 44:5

subscribed the evidence. Heb. wrote in the book.

Jos 18:9; Isa 30:8

and sealed.

De 32:34; Job 14:17; So 8:6; Da 8:26; Joh 3:33; 6:27; 2Co 1:22

Eph 1:13; 4:30; Re 7:2; 9:4

and took.

12,25,44; Ru 4:9-11; Isa 8:1,2