^{14 Ref} So all the rulers sent Jehudi, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, Take in your hand the book from which you have been reading to the people and come. So Baruch, the son of Neriah, took the book in his hand and came down to them.

¹⁵ Then they said to him, Be seated now, and give us a reading from it. So Baruch did so, reading it to them.

^{16 Ref} Now it came about that, after hearing all the words, they said to one another in fear, We will certainly give the king an account of all these words.

^{17 Ref} And questioning Baruch, they said, Say now, how did you put all these words down in writing from his mouth?

^{18 Ref} Then Baruch, answering, said, He said all these things to me by word of mouth, and I put them down with ink in the book.