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Jeremiah 32:7

Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle shall come unto you, saying, Buy my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is yours to buy it.
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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849
Next. Priests could sell only to their fellow priests, Leviticus xxv. 34. (St. 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 show 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.) (Haydock)
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Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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