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

19If the one who consecrates it should ever want to redeem the field, then he shall add a fifth of your assessment price to it, so that it may belong to him. 20Yet if he does not redeem the field, but has sold the field to another person, it may no longer be redeemed; and when it reverts in the jubilee, the field shall be holy to the Lord, like a field banned from secular use; it shall be for the priest as his property. 22Or if he consecrates to the Lord a field which he has bought, which is not a part of the field of his own property, 23then the priest shall calculate for him the amount of your assessment up to the year of jubilee; and he shall on that day give your assessment as holy to the Lord.

Leviticus 27:21 word by word

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

• revertsיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
• in the jubileeיוֹבֵלyôbêl yôbêl · jubilee/hornH3104
• the fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• shall be holyקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• to the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• bannedחֵ֫רֶםchêrem cherem · devoted thingH2764
• it shall be for the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• as his propertyאֲחֻזָּה'ăchûzzâh · possessionH272

Cross-references for Leviticus 27:21

• Leviticus 25:10So you shall consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim a release throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you, and each of you shall return to his own property, and each of you shall return to his family.
• Leviticus 27:28‘Nevertheless, anything which someone sets apart to the Lord for destruction out of all that he has, of man or animal or of the field of his own property, shall not be sold nor redeemed. Anything set apart for destruction is most holy to the Lord.
• Deuteronomy 13:17Nothing at all from what is designated for destruction is to cling to your hand, in order that the Lord may turn from His burning anger and show mercy to you, and have compassion on you and make you increase, just as He has sworn to your fathers,
• Joshua 6:17But the city shall be designated for destruction, it and everything that is in it belongs to the Lord; only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in the house shall live, because she hid the messengers whom we sent.
• Ezra 10:8and that whoever did not come within three days, in accordance with the counsel of the leaders and the elders, all his property would be forfeited, and he himself would be excluded from the assembly of the exiles.
• Ezekiel 44:29They shall eat the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering; and everything banned from secular use in Israel shall be theirs.
• Numbers 18:14Everything banned from secular use in Israel shall be 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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• Devote
• Festivals, Religious
• Reckon
• Rod
• Wise
• Accursed
• Agrarian Laws
• Criticism

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