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19 (A) The land where he camped was owned by the descendants of Hamor, the father of Shechem. So Jacob paid them 100 pieces of silver[a] for the property,

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  1. 33.19 pieces of silver: Or “lambs” or “cattle.”

32 (A) When the people of Israel left Egypt, they brought the bones of Joseph along with them. They took the bones to the town of Shechem and buried them in the field that Jacob had bought for 100 pieces of silver[a] from Hamor, the founder of Shechem. The town and the field both[b] became part of the land belonging to the descendants of Joseph.

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  1. 24.32 pieces of silver: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew word.
  2. 24.32 town … both: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

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