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Leviticus 27:19
19And if he who dedicates the field wishes to redeem it, then he shall add a fifth to its valuation price, and it shall remain his.
Leviticus 27:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)If the one who dedicates the field wishes to redeem it, they must add a fifth to its value, and the field will again become theirs.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And if he who dedicates the field ever wishes to redeem it, then he must add one-fifth of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall belong to him.
- New Living Translation (NLT)If the person who dedicated the field wants to buy it back, he must pay the value set by the priest, plus 20 percent. Then the field will again be legally his.
Context of Leviticus 27:19
17If he dedicates his field from the year of jubilee, the valuation shall stand, 18but if he dedicates his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall calculate the price according to the years that remain until the year of jubilee, and a deduction shall be made from the valuation. And if he who dedicates the field wishes to redeem it, then he shall add a fifth to its valuation price, and it shall remain his. 20But 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. 21But 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.
Read all of Leviticus 27Leviticus 27:19 word by word
וְאִם־גָּאֹ֤ל יִגְאַל֙ אֶת־הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה הַמַּקְדִּ֖ישׁ אֹת֑וֹ וְ֠יָסַף חֲמִשִׁ֧ית כֶּֽסֶף־עֶרְכְּךָ֛ עָלָ֖יו וְקָ֥ם לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And if he that sanctifiedקָדַשׁqâdash · to consecrate: dedicateH6942
- the fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
- will in any wiseגָּאַלgâ'al · to redeem: redeemH1350
- it, then he shall addיָסַףyâsaph · to addH3254
- the fifthחֲמִישִׁיchămîyshîy chămishshîy · fifthH2549
- of the moneyכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: priceH3701
- of thy estimationעֵ֫רֶךְ‛êrek · valuationH6187
- unto it, and it shall be assuredקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
Cross-references for Leviticus 27:19
Commentaries on Leviticus 27:19
- 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
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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
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