Jeremiah 37:12
Good News Translation
So I started to leave Jerusalem and go to the territory of Benjamin to take possession of my share of the family property.

New Revised Standard Version
Jeremiah set out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to receive his share of property among the people there.

Contemporary English Version
So I decided to leave Jerusalem and go to the territory of the Benjamin tribe to claim my share of my family's land.

New American Bible
Jeremiah set out from Jerusalem to go to the territory of Benjamin, to receive his share of property among the people.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he was come to the gate of Benjamin, the captain of the gate, who was there in his turn, was one named Jerias, the son of Selemias, the son of Hananias: and he took hold of Jeremiah the prophet, saying: Thou art fleeing to the Chaldeans.

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And when he was come to the gate of Benjamin, the captain of the gate, who was there in his turn, was one named Jerias, the son of Selemias, the son of Hananias: and he took hold of Jeremiah the prophet, saying: Thou art fleeing to the Chaldeans.

went.

1 Kings 19:3,9 Then EIias was afraid, and rising up, he went whithersoever he had a mind: and he came to Bersabee of Juda, and left his servant there, . . .

Nehemiah 6:11 And I said: Should such a man as I flee? and who is there that being as I am, would go into the temple, to save his life? I will not go in.

Matthew 10:23 And when they shall persecute you in this city, flee into another. Amen I say to you, you shall not finish all the cities of Israel, till the Son of man come.

1 Thessalonians 5:22 From all appearance of evil refrain yourselves.

the land.

Jeremiah 1:1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Helcias, of the priests that were in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin.

Joshua 21:17,18 And out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, Gabaon, and Gabae, . . .

1 Chronicles 6:60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin: Gabee and its suburbs, Almath with its suburbs, Anathoth also with its suburbs: all their cities throughout their families were thirteen.

separate himself thence.

Context
Jeremiah Imprisoned
11Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin: and to divide a possession there in the presence of the citizens, 12And when he was come to the gate of Benjamin, the captain of the gate, who was there in his turn, was one named Jerias, the son of Selemias, the son of Hananias: and he took hold of Jeremiah the prophet, saying: Thou art fleeing to the Chaldeans.13And Jeremiah answered: It is not so, I am not fleeing to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Jerias took Jeremiah and brought him to the princes.…
Cross References
Jeremiah 32:8
And Hanameel my uncle's son came to me, according to the word of the Lord, to the entry of the prison, and said to me: Buy my field, which is in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and thou art next of kin to possess it. And I understood that this was the word of the Lord.

Jeremiah 37:11
Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin: and to divide a possession there in the presence of the citizens,

Jeremiah 37:11
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