Jeremiah 32:9-11

Contemporary English Version

⁹from Hanamel, and so I did. The price was 17 pieces of silver, and I weighed out the full amount on a scale. ^10-11I had two copies of the bill of sale written out: an official copy containing the details of our agreement and another copy, without the details. Some witnesses and I signed the official copy, which was folded and tied, before being sealed shut with hot wax.^[a] Then I gave Hanamel the silver.

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Footnotes

32.10,11 signed the official copy, which was folded and tied, before being sealed shut with hot wax: The signing was actually done by pressing a carved clay stamp (called a “seal”) into the hot wax, leaving the design in the wax.