Leviticus 27:21

Leviticus 27:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the Lord; it will become priestly property.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But the field, when it is released in the jubilee, shall be a holy gift to the Lord, like a field that has been devoted. The priest shall be in possession of it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)but the field, when it is released in the Jubilee, shall be holy to the Lord, as a devoted field; it shall be the possession of the priest.

Context of Leviticus 27:21

19A person might want to buy the land back. He must pay the price of the land and one fifth more. 20He 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. In 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. 23The priest will count how many years there are until the Jubilee year. The person must pay the money on that day. The money is holy to the Lord.

Leviticus 27:21 word by word

וְהָיָ֨ה הַשָּׂדֶ֜ה בְּצֵאת֣וֹ בַיֹּבֵ֗ל קֹ֛דֶשׁ לַֽיהוָ֖ה כִּשְׂדֵ֣ה הַחֵ֑רֶם לַכֹּהֵ֖ן תִּהְיֶ֥ה אֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But the fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• when it goeth outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
• in the jubileיוֹבֵלyôbêl yôbêl · jubilee/hornH3104
• shall be holyקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• devotedחֵ֫רֶםchêrem cherem · devoted thingH2764
• the possessionאֲחֻזָּה'ăchûzzâh · possessionH272
• thereof shall be the priest’sכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548

Cross-references for Leviticus 27:21

• Leviticus 25:10The year will be special. It is a Jubilee year. It is a time for every one of my people to become free. Everyone can return to his own land and to his family.
• Leviticus 27:28A man might give to the Lord something that the man has. Everything that a man gives like that is holy. It might be a person, an animal or land. The priest must not sell it. A man cannot take it back. Everything that someone gives to the Lord is most holy.
• Deuteronomy 13:17You must not keep any of the valuable things for yourselves. They have been given to the Lord. If you destroy the whole town, the Lord will stop being angry. He will be kind to you and he will forgive you. He will cause you to grow into a big nation, as he promised your ancestors.
• Joshua 6:17The city and everything that is in it belongs to the Lord, so destroy it all. Only the prostitute Rahab and all the people who are with her in her house will live. This is because she hid the two men that we sent.
• Ezra 10:8If they did not arrive in three days, they would lose everything that belonged to them. They would no longer be part of the Israelite people. That is what the leaders and officers had decided should happen.
• Ezekiel 44:29They will receive the grain offerings, the sin offerings and the guilt offerings. They are allowed to eat some of those offerings that the people bring. All the special things that people give to the Lord will belong to the priests.
• Numbers 18:14Everything in Israel that should belong to me is now yours.

Commentaries on Leviticus 27:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21As a field devoted - It is חרם cherem, a thing so devoted to God as never more to be capable of being redeemed. See on Leviticus 27:29; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21Devoted - See Leviticus 27:28 note.Read the comment
• 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. 21Year of Jubilee: See Leviticus 25:8–55. devoted to the LORD: When someone made a vow to devote something to the Lord, that thing became holy. It could not be bought back or exchanged.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 27:21

• Jubilee
• Land
• Priest
• Property
• Redemption
• Vows

In the dictionaries

• Anathema
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• Rod
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• Agrarian Laws
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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