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Leviticus 27:17-24

If he dedicates his field from the Year of Jubilee, according to your valuation it shall stand. But if he dedicates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain to the Year of Jubilee; and an abatement shall be made from your valuation. If he who dedicated the field will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall remain his. If he will not redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more; but the field, when it goes out in the Jubilee, shall be holy to Yahweh, as a devoted field. It shall be owned by the priests.

“ ‘If he dedicates a field to Yahweh which he has bought, which is not of the field of his possession, then the priest shall reckon to him the worth of your valuation up to the Year of Jubilee; and he shall give your valuation on that day, as a holy thing to Yahweh. In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land belongs.

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“ ‘If a man dedicates to Yahweh part of the field of his possession, then your valuation shall be according to the seed for it. The sowing of a homer of barley shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. If he dedicates his field from the Year of Jubilee, according to your valuation it shall stand. But if he dedicates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain to the Year of Jubilee; and an abatement shall be made from your valuation. If he who dedicated the field will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall remain his. If he will not redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more; but the field, when it goes out in the Jubilee, shall be holy to Yahweh, as a devoted field. It shall be owned by the priests.

“ ‘If he dedicates a field to Yahweh which he has bought, which is not of the field of his possession, then the priest shall reckon to him the worth of your valuation up to the Year of Jubilee; and he shall give your valuation on that day, as a holy thing to Yahweh. In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land belongs. All your valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs to the shekel.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    If he dedicates his field from the Year of Jubilee, according to your valuation it shall stand.

    But if he dedicates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain to the Year of Jubilee; and an abatement shall be made from your valuation.

    If he who dedicated the field will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall remain his.

    If he will not redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more;

    but the field, when it goes out in the Jubilee, shall be holy to Yahweh, as a devoted field. It shall be owned by the priests.

    “ ‘If he dedicates a field to Yahweh which he has bought, which is not of the field of his possession,

    then the priest shall reckon to him the worth of your valuation up to the Year of Jubilee; and he shall give your valuation on that day, as a holy thing to Yahweh.

    In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land belongs.

  • KJV King James Version

    If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy estimation it shall stand.

    But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thy estimation.

    And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him.

    And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.

    But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest’s.

    And if a man sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession;

    Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, even unto the year of the jubile: and he shall give thine estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto the LORD.

    In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong.

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  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    If he sanctify his field from the year of jubilee, according to thy valuation it shall stand.

    But if he sanctify his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain unto the year of jubilee, and an abatement shall be made from thy valuation.

    And if he that sanctified the field will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy valuation unto it, and it shall be assured to him.

    And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.

    But the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's.

    And if he sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought, which is not of the field of his possession;

    then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy valuation unto the year of jubilee; and he shall give thy valuation in that day, as a holy thing unto the LORD.

    In the year of jubilee the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land belongeth.

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Cross-references (19)

  • Ezekiel 44:29 (v21) They shall eat the meal offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs.
  • Numbers 18:14 (v21) “Everything devoted in Israel shall be yours.
  • Leviticus 25:28 (vv21, 24) But if he isn’t able to get it back for himself, then what he has sold shall remain in the hand of him who has bought it until the Year of…
  • Leviticus 25:10 (vv21–22) You shall make the fiftieth year holy, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee to you; and…
  • Leviticus 25:15-16 (v18) According to the number of years after the Jubilee you shall buy from your neighbor. According to the number of years of the crops he shall…
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  • Leviticus 25:25 (v22) “ ‘If your brother becomes poor, and sells some of his possessions, then his kinsman who is next to him shall come, and redeem that which…
  • Leviticus 25:31 (v21) But the houses of the villages which have no wall around them shall be accounted for with the fields of the country: they may be redeemed,…
  • Leviticus 27:18 (v23) But if he dedicates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain to the…
  • Leviticus 25:27 (v18) then let him reckon the years since its sale, and restore the surplus to the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return to his property.
  • Leviticus 25:51-52 (v18) If there are yet many years, according to them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for. If…
  • Leviticus 27:12 (v23) and the priest shall evaluate it, whether it is good or bad. As the priest evaluates it, so it shall be.
  • Leviticus 27:13 (v19) But if he will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of it to its valuation.
  • Leviticus 27:20 (v24) If he will not redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more;
  • Leviticus 27:28-29 (v21) “ ‘Notwithstanding, no devoted thing that a man devotes to Yahweh of all that he has, whether of man or animal, or of the field of his…
  • Joshua 6:17 (v21) The city shall be devoted, even it and all that is in it, to Yahweh. Only Rahab the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in…
  • Ezra 10:8 (v21) and that whoever didn’t come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his possessions should be…
  • Deuteronomy 13:17 (v21) Nothing of the devoted thing shall cling to your hand, that Yahweh may turn from the fierceness of his anger and show you mercy, and have…

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv20, 21, 23 For their own necessity or godly uses.

For their own necessity or godly uses.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv20, 22 Lev 27:20 And if he will not redeem the…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24 From the year of jubilee, i.e. immediately after the…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv17–24 But if he sanctify his field after the jubilee,....…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23 From the year of jubilee - That is, immediately…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v21 Verse 21. As a field devoted] It is חרם…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv17, 21, 22 Lev 27:17-18. If he sanctify his field from the…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On v21 Devoted - See Lev 27:28 note.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v21 Consecrated. Hebrew, "a field of anathema," devoted and separated…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv17, 20, 22 17-19. From the year of jubilee — If the…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On v23 23. thy estimation] The Heb. representing these two words…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv17–24 (17) If he sanctify his field from the year…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On v22 Vers. 22-24. The case of a man who shall…
C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On v19 Heb. "goel," Redemp. (Kinsman type). (See Scofield "Isa 59:20").
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv17, 19, 22, 24 the year of Jubilee
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v21 27:21 Year of Jubilee: See 25:8-55. • specially set…
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