Jeremiah 32:7

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

‘Jeremiah, your cousin, Hanamel, will come to you soon. He is the son of your uncle Shallum. Hanamel will say to you, “Jeremiah, buy my field near the town of Anathoth. Buy it because you are my nearest relative. It is your right and your responsibility to buy that field.”’

Cross References

Jeremiah 1:1

These are the messages of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah. Jeremiah belonged to the family of priests who lived in the town of Anathoth. That town is in the land that belongs to the tribe of Benjamin.

Jeremiah 11:21

The Lord said to me, “Those people from Anathoth are planning to take your life. They are telling you not to prophesy in the name of the Lord or they will kill you. This is what I have to say about them:

Leviticus 25:25

If someone in your country becomes very poor and must sell their property, a close relative must come and buy it back.

1 Kings 14:5

But the Lord said to him, “Jeroboam’s wife is coming to ask you about her son because he is sick. I will tell you what to say to her.” When she came to Ahijah’s house, she pretended to be someone else.

Numbers 35:2

“Tell the Israelites that they should give some of the cities in their part of the land to the Levites. The Israelites should give these cities and the pastures around them to the Levites.

Leviticus 25:49

Or their uncle, their cousin, or one of their close relatives from their family can buy him back. Or if they get enough money, they can pay the money themselves and become free again.

Leviticus 25:34

Also, the fields and pastures around the Levite cities cannot be sold. They belong to the Levites forever.

Leviticus 25:23

“The land really belongs to me, so you cannot sell it permanently. You are only foreigners and travelers living on my land with me.

Jeremiah 32:6

While Jeremiah was a prisoner, he said, “This message from the Lord came to me. This was the message:

Jeremiah 32:8

“Then it happened just as the Lord said. My cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guardhouse. Hanamel said to me, ‘Jeremiah, buy my field near the town of Anathoth, in the land of the tribe of Benjamin. Buy that land for yourself because it is your right to buy it and own it.’” So I knew that this was a message from the Lord.

Leviticus 25:24

People might sell their land, but the family will always get their land back.