and the priest shall evaluate it, whether it is good or bad. As the priest evaluates it, so it shall be.
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and the priest shall evaluate it, whether it is good or bad. As the priest evaluates it, so it shall be.
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And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be.
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And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad; as thou the priest valuest it, so shall it be.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Lev 27:12 And the priest shall value it, whether…
Lev 27:12 And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, [who art] the priest, so shall it be.
Ver. 12. So shall it be.] What the priest doeth, God ratifieth.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But if he will at all redeem it,.... The…
But if he will at all redeem it,.... The owner of it, or he that has devoted it, if he is determined to have it again at any rate:
then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation; he shall give the full price for it, as rated by the priest, and for which it might be sold to another man, and a fifth part of the value of it besides; this was done that the full price might be paid for it, the priest not knowing, as it might be, the worth of it so well as the owner; and that the value of consecrated things might be kept to, and to make men careful how and what they devoted, since, though redeemable, they were obliged to pay a large price for them.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 12. Good or bad — Not blemished or unblemished,…
12. Good or bad — Not blemished or unblemished, not clean or unclean but simply costly or cheap.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. thou the priest] or, thou, O priest.
12. thou the priest] or, thou, O priest.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (12) Whether it be good or bad.—That is, the…
(12) Whether it be good or bad.—That is, the priest shall estimate its value according to the condition of the animal, whatever that may be, whether it is of good quality or bad.
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.