Leviticus 27:14
in Leviticus 27Now if a man consecrates his house as holy to the LORD, then the priest shall value it either as good or bad. The price will stand just as the priest values it.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto Jehovah, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.
KJV
And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the Lord, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.
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This verse in Leviticus 27
Commentary
6 notes on this verseShall sanctify his house - The yearly rent of which, when thus consecrated, went towards the repairs of the tabernacle, which was the house of the Lord.
This site's exposition
sanctify his house to be holy
on Leviticus 27:14-21
A house is valued by the priest and bought back with a fifth added, and a field of a man's inheritance is valued by the seed it takes, an homer of barley seed at fifty shekels. The price is reckoned against the jubilee clock, standing full when the vow falls at the jubilee and abated by the years already spent. Verses 20 and 21 give the one route by which inherited land leaves a family for good, since a field left unredeemed becomes the priest's possession at the jubilee. Leviticus 25:13 sends every man back to his possession in that year, and here the same year takes a field away.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
), the house must be valued by the priest, and the money got by the sale of it was to be converted to the use of the sanctuary, which by degrees came to be greatly enriched with dedicated things, 1 Kings xv.
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Sanctify his house - By a vow, for of that way and manner of sanctification he speaks in this whole chapter.
And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the Lord,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Sanctify - i. e. vow to devote. This law relates to houses in the country Lev 25:31, which were under the same general law as the land itself, with a right of redemption for the inheritor until the next Jubilee. See Lev 27:17-19. For houses in walled towns the right of redemption lasted for only one year Lev 25:29.
The words behind it
19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאִ֗ישׁ | veish | and anyone | H376 → | 1663 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | if | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| יַקְדִּ֨שׁ | yakdish | he will set apart as holy | H6942 → | 171 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בֵּית֥וֹ | beito | house his | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| קֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ | kodesh | a holy thing | H6944 → | 469 times |
| לַֽיהוָ֔ה | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְהֶעֱרִיכוֹ֙ | veheerikho | and he will evaluate it | H6186 → | 74 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֔ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| בֵּ֥ין | bein | between | H996 → | 407 times |
| ט֖וֹב | tov | good | H2896 → | 538 times |
| וּבֵ֣ין | uvein | and between | H996 → | 407 times |
| רָ֑ע | ra' | bad | H7451 → | 662 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יַעֲרִ֥יךְ | yaarikh | he will evaluate | H6186 → | 74 times |
| אֹת֛וֹ | ʾoto | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֖ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| כֵּ֥ן | ken | so | H3651 → | 771 times |
| יָקֽוּם׃ | yakum | it will stand | H6965 → | 628 times |
וְאִ֗ישׁand anyone
veishH376 →1663 times
כִּֽי־if
ki-H3588 →4482 times
יַקְדִּ֨שׁhe will set apart as holy
yakdishH6942 →171 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בֵּית֥וֹhouse his
beitoH1004 →2046 times
קֹ֙דֶשׁ֙a holy thing
kodeshH6944 →469 times
לַֽיהוָ֔הto Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְהֶעֱרִיכוֹ֙and he will evaluate it
veheerikhoH6186 →74 times
הַכֹּהֵ֔ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
בֵּ֥יןbetween
beinH996 →407 times
ט֖וֹבgood
tovH2896 →538 times
וּבֵ֣יןand between
uveinH996 →407 times
רָ֑עbad
ra'H7451 →662 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֨רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
יַעֲרִ֥יךְhe will evaluate
yaarikhH6186 →74 times
אֹת֛וֹ<obj.> it
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
הַכֹּהֵ֖ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
כֵּ֥ןso
kenH3651 →771 times
יָקֽוּם׃it will stand
yakumH6965 →628 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
6 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 27:21When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the LORD; it becomes the property of the priests.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 44:29
They shall eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Everything in Israel devoted to the LORD will belong to them.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 18:14
Every devoted thing in Israel belongs to you.
- Leviticus 25:28
But if he cannot obtain enough to repay him, what he sold will remain in possession of the buyer until the Year of Jubilee. In the Jubilee, however, it is to be released, so…
- Leviticus 25:10
So you are to consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty in the land for all its inhabitants. It shall be your Jubilee, when each of you is to return to his property and…
- Leviticus 25:31
But houses in villages with no walls around them are to be considered as open fields. They may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.
- Ezekiel 44:29
Through
Numbers 18:14Every devoted thing in Israel belongs to you.
it leads to
- Leviticus 27:28
Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.
- Leviticus 27:28
About Leviticus

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
