Leviticus 27:18
in Leviticus 27But if he consecrates his field after the Jubilee, the priest is to calculate the price in proportion to the years left until the next Year of Jubilee, so that your valuation will be reduced.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
But if he sanctify his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain unto the year of jubilee; and an abatement shall be made from thy estimation.
KJV
But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thy estimation.
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This verse in Leviticus 27
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
if a man consecrates his house as holy to the LORD
on Leviticus 27:14-21
The priest values a house, redeemable with a fifth added, and a field by its seed, fifty shekels per homer of barley. Its price falls with the years since the Jubilee, and verses 20 and 21 give the one way inherited land leaves a family for good, to the priests. Leviticus 25:13 returns every man to his property that year, and here that year takes a field away.
This site's exposition
in proportion to the years left
Once years of the cycle have gone, the priest lowers the price by the years already spent. John Wesley reads the price of verse 17 as paid without diminution, and this verse sets the reduction for a later vow. Verse 23 counts a bought field the same way.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
After the jubilee - That is, some considerable time after. The defalcation from the full price of fifty shekels shall be more or less as the years are more or fewer.
But if he sanctify his field after the jubilee,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאִם־ | veim- | and if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| אַחַ֣ר | ʾachar | after | H310 → | 715 times |
| הַיֹּבֵל֮ | haiyovel | the jubilee | H3104 → | 27 times |
| יַקְדִּ֣ישׁ | yakdish | he will set apart as holy | H6942 → | 171 times |
| שָׂדֵהוּ֒ | sadehu | field his | H7704 → | 334 times |
| וְחִשַּׁב־ | vechishav- | and he will calculate | H2803 → | 124 times |
| ל֨וֹ | lo | for <the> himself | ||
| הַכֹּהֵ֜ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַכֶּ֗סֶף | hakesef | the money | H3701 → | 403 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פִּ֤י | pi | [the] mouth of | H6310 → | 498 times |
| הַשָּׁנִים֙ | hashanim | the years | H8141 → | 877 times |
| הַנּ֣וֹתָרֹ֔ת | hanotarot | which remain | H3498 → | 106 times |
| עַ֖ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| שְׁנַ֣ת | shenat | [the] year of | H8141 → | 877 times |
| הַיֹּבֵ֑ל | haiyovel | the jubilee | H3104 → | 27 times |
| וְנִגְרַ֖ע | venigra' | and it will be deducted | H1639 → | |
| מֵֽעֶרְכֶּֽךָ׃ | meerkekha | from valuation your | H6187 → | 33 times |
וְאִם־and if
veim-H518 →1069 times
אַחַ֣רafter
ʾacharH310 →715 times
הַיֹּבֵל֮the jubilee
haiyovelH3104 →27 times
יַקְדִּ֣ישׁhe will set apart as holy
yakdishH6942 →171 times
שָׂדֵהוּ֒field his
sadehuH7704 →334 times
וְחִשַּׁב־and he will calculate
vechishav-H2803 →124 times
ל֨וֹfor <the> himself
lo
הַכֹּהֵ֜ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַכֶּ֗סֶףthe money
hakesefH3701 →403 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פִּ֤י[the] mouth of
piH6310 →498 times
הַשָּׁנִים֙the years
hashanimH8141 →877 times
הַנּ֣וֹתָרֹ֔תwhich remain
hanotarotH3498 →106 times
עַ֖דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
שְׁנַ֣ת[the] year of
shenatH8141 →877 times
הַיֹּבֵ֑לthe jubilee
haiyovelH3104 →27 times
וְנִגְרַ֖עand it will be deducted
venigra'H1639 →
מֵֽעֶרְכֶּֽךָ׃from valuation your
meerkekhaH6187 →33 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About Leviticus
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; 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.