“And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle’s son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.”
The specific financial transaction—'I weighed out for him the money, seventeen shekels of silver'—documents the purchase in precise, legal terms. This indicates that this is a genuine transaction, not mere symbolism.
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