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What was the relationship between Jeremiah and Baruch?

Jeremiah dictated and Baruch wrote. When the king burned the scroll, Baruch wrote it again. Jeremiah 36:4, 23, 32

What the Bible says

Jeremiah 36:4

So Jeremias called Baruch the son of Nerias: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremias all the words of the Lord, which he spoke to him, upon the roll of a book.

Jeremiah 36:18

And Baruch said to them: With his mouth he pronounced all these words as if he were reading to me: and I wrote in a volume with ink.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.

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Jeremiah also entrusted to Baruch the deed for the field he bought in Anathoth. Jeremiah 32:12

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