Jeremiah 32:7
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Behold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, ‘Buy for yourself my field in Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it.’
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These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.
If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his nearest of kin may come and redeem what his brother has sold.
Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hand.”
“Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.
either his uncle or cousin or any close relative from his clan may redeem him. Or if he prospers, he may redeem himself.
But the LORD had said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill. You are to say such and such to her, because when she arrives, she will be disguised.”
The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.
But the open pastureland around their cities may not be sold, for this is their permanent possession.