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 Living Translation (NLT)When the field is released in the Year of Jubilee, it will be holy, a field specially set apart for the Lord. It will become the property of the priests.

Context of Leviticus 27:21

19And 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. 20But 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; 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. 22‘And if a man dedicates to the Lord a field which he has bought, which is not the field of his possession, 23then the priest shall reckon to him the worth of your valuation, up to the Year of Jubilee, and he shall give your valuation on that day as a holy offering 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 25:10And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a Jubilee for you; and each of you shall return to his possession, and each of you shall return to his family.
• Leviticus 27:28‘Nevertheless no devoted offering that a man may devote to the Lord of all that he has, both man and beast, or the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted offering is most holy to the Lord.
• Deuteronomy 13:17So none of the accursed things shall remain in your hand, that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of His anger and show you mercy, have compassion on you and multiply you, just as He swore to your fathers,
• Joshua 6:17Now the city shall be doomed by the Lord to destruction, it and all who are in it. Only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
• Ezra 10:8and that whoever would not come within three days, according to the instructions of the leaders and elders, all his property would be confiscated, and he himself would be separated from the assembly of those from the captivity.
• Ezekiel 44:29They shall eat the grain offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering; every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.
• Numbers 18:14“Every devoted thing 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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• Rod
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• Accursed
• 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