Leviticus 27:13
in Leviticus 27If, however, the owner decides to redeem the animal, he must add a fifth to its value.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
But if he will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.
KJV
But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.
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This verse in Leviticus 27
Commentary
5 notes on this verseShall 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.
This site's exposition
whereof men bring an offering
on Leviticus 27:9-13
A clean beast once vowed is holy and stays that animal, and swapping it for another makes both of them holy, so the attempt to trade doubles the gift. An unclean beast is brought to the priest, who sets its worth, and an owner who wants it back pays that worth plus a fifth. The added fifth falls five times in this chapter, at verses 13, 15, 19, 27 and 31, and it is the same surcharge Leviticus 5:16 and 6:5 lay on a man making restitution for a trespass. Taking back what was given to God is priced the way damage is priced.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Concerning Things Sanctified. 14 And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the L ORD , then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand. 15 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.
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But if he will at all redeem it,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
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.
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The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאִם־ | veim- | and <if> | H518 → | 1069 times |
| גָּאֹ֖ל | gaol | certainly [if] <to redeem> | H1350 → | 104 times |
| יִגְאָלֶ֑נָּה | yigalenah | he will redeem it | H1350 → | 104 times |
| וְיָסַ֥ף | veyasaf | and he will add | H3254 → | 212 times |
| חֲמִישִׁת֖וֹ | chamishito | fifth its | H2549 → | 45 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | to | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| עֶרְכֶּֽךָ׃ | ʾerkekha | valuation your | H6187 → | 33 times |
וְאִם־and <if>
veim-H518 →1069 times
גָּאֹ֖לcertainly [if] <to redeem>
gaolH1350 →104 times
יִגְאָלֶ֑נָּהhe will redeem it
yigalenahH1350 →104 times
וְיָסַ֥ףand he will add
veyasafH3254 →212 times
חֲמִישִׁת֖וֹfifth its
chamishitoH2549 →45 times
עַל־to
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
עֶרְכֶּֽךָ׃valuation your
ʾerkekhaH6187 →33 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Leviticus 5:16Regarding any holy thing he has harmed, he must make restitution by adding a fifth of its value to it and giving it to the priest, who will make atonement on his behalf with…
it leads to
- Leviticus 27:15
But if he who consecrated his house redeems it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value, and it will belong to him.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 22:14
If anyone eats a sacred offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the sacred offering to the priest.
- Numbers 5:7
and must confess the sin he has committed. He must make full restitution, add a fifth to its value, and give all this to the one he has wronged.
- Leviticus 27:31
If a man wishes to redeem part of his tithe, he must add a fifth to its value.
- Leviticus 6:4–5
once he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found,
- Leviticus 27:15
Through
Leviticus 22:14If anyone eats a sacred offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the sacred offering to the priest.
it leads to
- Leviticus 5:15–19
“If someone acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s holy things, he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram from the flock, of proper value in silver…
- Leviticus 5:15–19
Through
Leviticus 27:10He must not replace it or exchange it, either good for bad or bad for good. But if he does substitute one animal for another, both that animal and its substitute will be holy.
it leads to
- Leviticus 27:15–33
But if he who consecrated his house redeems it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value, and it will belong to him.
- James 1:8
He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
- Leviticus 27:15–33
About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.