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‘Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you, saying, “Buy my field that is in Anathoth; for the right of redemption is yours to buy it.”’”
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Verse 7. Next. Priests could sell only to their fellow priests. Leviticus 25:34. Saint Jerome—Others might dispose of their landed property to any, until the year of jubilee. The nearest relation had the first offer, but he was not obliged to purchase. Jeremias now consented, to shew that the people should return to possess the land, though it was now in the enemy’s hands. Calmet.—Thus a Roman purchased the land on which Hannibal was encamped, despising his power and threats. V. Max. iii. 8. Livy xxvi. Bible.
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