12 and I then gave the deed of purchase to Barʹuch+ the son of Ne·riʹah+ the son of Mah·seiʹah before the eyes of Hanʹa·mel [the son of] my paternal uncle and before the eyes of the witnesses, those writing in the deed of purchase,+ before the eyes of all the Jews who were sitting in the Courtyard of the Guard.+

3 But Barʹuch+ the son of Ne·riʹah is instigating you against us for the purpose of giving us into the hand of the Chal·deʹans, to put us to death or to take us into exile in Babylon.”+