Leviticus 27:20

Leviticus 27:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)If, however, they do not redeem the field, or if they have sold it to someone else, it can never be redeemed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But if he does not wish to redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed anymore.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But if he does not want to redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed anymore;

Context of Leviticus 27:20

18A person might give his land after the Jubilee year. The priest will count the number of years before the next Jubilee. The price will be less. 19A person might want to buy the land back. He must pay the price of the land and one fifth more. He may not buy it back before the year of Jubilee. Then the field becomes holy. But the man may have sold the land to another person. If he has, he cannot get it back. 21In the Jubilee year the land will become holy. Then it will belong to the priests. 22A person might buy some land from another family. He might give that land to the Lord.

Leviticus 27:20 word by word

וְאִם־לֹ֤א יִגְאַל֙ אֶת־הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה וְאִם־מָכַ֥ר אֶת־הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה לְאִ֣ישׁ אַחֵ֑ר לֹ֥א יִגָּאֵ֖ל עֽוֹד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And if he will not redeemגָּאַלgâ'al · to redeem: redeemH1350
• the fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• or if he have soldמָכַרmâkar · to sellH4376
• to anotherאַחֵר'achêr · anotherH312
• manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376

Commentaries on Leviticus 27:20

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-25Verses 14-25 Our houses, lands, cattle, and all our substance, must be used to the glory of God. It is acceptable to him that a portion be given to support his worship, and to promote his cause. But God would not approve such a degree of zeal as ruined a man's family.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-21The cost to consecrate a field depended on the years left until the next Year of Jubilee (see Leviticus 25:24–28). If not redeemed, the property became the priests' to use as they wanted. Redeeming a field cost 120 percent of its valuation (see 27:11–13). If a landowner consecrated his field without redeeming it, it did not return to his family in the Year of Jubilee.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-2416-24. if a man shall sanctify unto the Lord some aprt of a field of his possession, &c.--In the case of acquired property in land, if not redeemed, it returned to the donor at the Jubilee; whereas the part of a hereditary estate, which had been vowed, did not revert to the owner, but remained attached in perpetuity to the sanctuary. The reason for this remarkable difference was to lay every man under an obligation to redeem the property, or stimulate his…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 27:20

• Jubilee
• Land
• Property
• Redemption
• Vows

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Commentaries on Leviticus 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings