'Purchase' in the Bible
Then I took the deeds of purchase, both the sealed copy containing the terms and conditions and the open copy;
and I gave the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of Hanamel my uncle’s son and in the sight of the witnesses who signed the deed of purchase, before all the Jews who were sitting in the court of the guard.
‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Take these deeds, this sealed deed of purchase and this open deed, and put them in an earthenware jar, that they may last a long time.”
“After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, then I prayed to the Lord, saying,