Leviticus 27:15

Leviticus 27:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his.
• New International Version (NIV)If the one who dedicates their house wishes to redeem it, they must add a fifth to its value, and the house will again become theirs.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And if the donor wishes to redeem his house, he shall add a fifth to the valuation price, and it shall be his.
• New King James Version (NKJV)If he who dedicated it wants to redeem his house, then he must add one-fifth of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall be his.

Context of Leviticus 27:15

13But if he should ever want to redeem it, then he shall add a fifth of it to your assessment. 14‘Now if someone consecrates his house as holy to the Lord, then the priest shall assess it as either good or bad; as the priest assesses it, so shall it stand. Yet if the one who consecrates it should want to redeem his house, then he shall add a fifth of your assessment price to it, so that it may be his. 16‘Again, if someone consecrates to the Lord part of the field of his own property, then your assessment shall be proportionate to the seed needed for it: a homer of barley seed at fifty shekels of silver. 17If he consecrates his field as of the year of jubilee, according to your assessment it shall stand.

Leviticus 27:15 word by word

וְאִ֨ם־הַמַּקְדִּ֔ישׁ יִגְאַ֖ל אֶת־בֵּית֑וֹ וְ֠יָסַף חֲמִישִׁ֧ית כֶּֽסֶף־עֶרְכְּךָ֛ עָלָ֖יו וְהָ֥יָה לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• Yet ifאִם'im · ifH518
• the one who consecratesקָדַשׁqâdash · to consecrate: dedicateH6942
• redeemגָּאַלgâ'al · to redeem: redeemH1350
• his houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• then he shall addיָסַףyâsaph · to addH3254
• a fifthחֲמִישִׁיchămîyshîy chămishshîy · fifthH2549
• of your assessmentעֵ֫רֶךְ‛êrek · valuationH6187
• priceכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: priceH3701

Cross-references for Leviticus 27:15

• Leviticus 27:13But if he should ever want to redeem it, then he shall add a fifth of it to your assessment.

Commentaries on Leviticus 27:15

• 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. 14-15The Hebrew term translated as consecrates is emphatic and means "declares holy." This rule applies only to a house in a walled town. Other houses, whether in unwalled villages or on open land, returned to the owner in the Year of Jubilee (Leviticus 25:29–31). If the owner wanted to redeem it, he had to pay an extra 20 percent. If he did not redeem the house in the first year, it became the property of the sanctuary and priests. They could use it as they…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1514-15. when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the Lord, &c.--In this case, the house having been valued by the priest and sold, the proceeds of the sale were to be dedicated to the sanctuary. But if the owner wished, on second thought, to redeem it, he might have it by adding a fifth part to the price.Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 27:15

• Money
• 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