Tree of Life Version
Leviticus 27:13
13But if he would redeem it, then he is to add a fifth to its valuation.
Leviticus 27:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.
- New International Version (NIV)If the owner wishes to redeem the animal, a fifth must be added to its value.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But if he wishes to redeem it, he shall add a fifth to the valuation.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But if he wants at all to redeem it, then he must add one-fifth to your valuation.
Context of Leviticus 27:13
11If it is any sort of unclean animal that may not be brought as an offering to Adonai, then he is to set that animal before the kohen. 12The kohen is to evaluate it, whether it is good or bad. As the kohen values it, so it will be. But if he would redeem it, then he is to add a fifth to its valuation. 14“If a man consecrates his house as holy to Adonai, then the kohen is to evaluate it, whether it is good or bad. As the kohen evaluates it, so it will stand. 15If the one who dedicates it would redeem his own house, then he is to add a fifth of the money of your valuation to it, and it will become his.
Read all of Leviticus 27Leviticus 27:13 word by word
וְאִם־גָּאֹ֖ל יִגְאָלֶ֑נָּה וְיָסַ֥ף חֲמִישִׁת֖וֹ עַל־עֶרְכֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Leviticus 27:13
- Leviticus 27:10He is not to replace it or exchange it, either good for bad, or bad for good. But if he does exchange one animal for another, then both it and the one for which it is exchanged will become holy.
- Leviticus 5:16He is to make restitution for that which he has done wrong in regard to the holy thing, and is required to add a fifth part to it, and give it to the kohen. So the kohen will make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering—and he will be forgiven.
- Leviticus 6:4Then he is to take off his garments, put on other ones, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a clean place.
- Leviticus 22:14“If anyone eats something holy unwittingly, then he is to add a fifth to it and give the holy offering to the kohen.
Commentaries on Leviticus 27:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Shall add a fifth part - This was probably intended to prevent rash vows and covetous redemptions. The priest alone was to value the thing; and to whatever his valuation was, a fifth part must be added by him who wished to redeem the consecrated thing. Thus, if the priest valued it at forty shekels, if the former owner redeemed it he was obliged to give forty-eight.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-13An unclean animal, not suitable for food or sacrifice, could be bought back by the worshiper for its assessed value plus 20 percent. This rule likely aimed to preserve the sanctity of vows and reduce careless dedications. For the 20 percent additional charge on property, see Leviticus 27:15, 19, 31.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-139-13. if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the Lord--a clean beast. After it had been vowed, it could neither be employed in common purposes nor exchanged for an equivalent--it must be sacrificed--or if, through some discovered blemish, it was unsuitable for the altar, it might be sold, and the money applied for the sacred service. If an unclean beast--such as an ass or camel, for instance, had been vowed, it was to be appropriated to the…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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