Jeremiah 32:10

I signed the deed of purchase, ¹  sealed it, and had some men serve as witnesses to the purchase. ²  I weighed out the silver for him on a scale.

De 32:34; Jos 18:9; Ru 4:9-11; Job 14:17; So 8:6; Isa 8:1,2; Isa 30:8; Isa 44:5; Jer 32:12,44; Jer 32:12,25,44; Da 8:26; Joh 3:33; Joh 6:27; 2Co 1:22; Eph 1:13; Eph 4:30; Re 7:2; Re 9:4

¹ tn The words “of purchase” are not in the text but are implicit. The qualification is spelled out explicitly in vv. 11, 12, 13. These words are supplied in the translation for clarity. An alternative translation would be “I put the deed in writing.” However, since the same idiom כָּתַב בְּסֵפֶר (catav bÿsefer) is used later in v. 12 with respect to the witnesses, it is likely that it merely refers to signing the document.

² tn The words “to the purchase” are not in the text but are implicit in the idiom “I had some witnesses serve as witness.” The words are supplied in the translation for clarity.