^32:11There were two copies of the deed of purchase. One was sealed and contained the order of transfer and the conditions of purchase.²⁰ The other was left unsealed.

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Footnotes

20 There is some uncertainty about the precise meaning of the phrases translated “the order of transfer and the regulations.” The translation follows the interpretation suggested by J. Bright, Jeremiah (), 237; J. A. Thompson, Jeremiah (), , n. 5; and presumably 349 חֹק 7, which defines the use of חֹק (khoq) here as “conditions of the deed of purchase.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then I took the sealed deed of purchase, containing the terms and conditions and the open copy.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I took the deed of purchase—the sealed copy containing the terms and conditions, as well as the unsealed copy—

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I took the purchase agreement—the sealed copy with its terms and conditions and the open copy—

NLTNew Living Translation

Then I took the sealed deed and an unsealed copy of the deed, which contained the terms and conditions of the purchase,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then I took the deed of the purchase, the sealed copy containing the commandments and the rules, together with the one that was open.

KJV 1900King James Version

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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