Leviticus 27:21
in Leviticus 27When 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
but the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee, shall be holy unto Jehovah, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest’s.
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.
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This verse in Leviticus 27
Commentary
7 notes on this verseAs a field devoted - It is חרם cherem, a thing so devoted to God as never more to be capable of being redeemed. See on Lev 27:29 (note).
This site's exposition
if a man consecrates his house as holy to the LORD
on Leviticus 27:14-21
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 in the Jubilee, and here that year takes a field away.
This site's exposition
like a field devoted to the LORD
John Wesley reads the release as the field leaving the buyer's hands at the jubilee and passing to the priests for their maintenance. Adam Clarke gives the Hebrew for devoted as cherem, which puts the field beyond redemption for good. Verse 28 sets out the full rule.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
When it goeth out - That is, out of the possession of the other man to whom the priest sold it. The possession shall be the priests - For their maintenance.
But the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee,....
Note, What is given to the Lord ought not to be given with a power of revocation; what is devoted to the Lord must be his for ever, by a perpetual covenant. If the land was his own purchase, and came not to him from his ancestors, then not the land itself, but the value of it was to be given to the priests for pious uses,
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
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָיָ֨ה | vehayah | and it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| הַשָּׂדֶ֜ה | hasadeh | the field | H7704 → | 334 times |
| בְּצֵאת֣וֹ | betzeto | when goes out it | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| בַיֹּבֵ֗ל | vaiyovel | in the jubilee | H3104 → | 27 times |
| קֹ֛דֶשׁ | kodesh | a holy thing | H6944 → | 469 times |
| לַֽיהוָ֖ה | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| כִּשְׂדֵ֣ה | kisdeh | like [the] field of | H7704 → | 334 times |
| הַחֵ֑רֶם | hacherem | <the> total destruction | H2764 → | 38 times |
| לַכֹּהֵ֖ן | lakohen | to the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| תִּהְיֶ֥ה | tihyeh | it will belong | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| אֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ׃ | ʾachuzato | possession his | H272 → | 66 times |
וְהָיָ֨הand it will be
vehayahH1961 →3559 times
הַשָּׂדֶ֜הthe field
hasadehH7704 →334 times
בְּצֵאת֣וֹwhen goes out it
betzetoH3318 →1067 times
בַיֹּבֵ֗לin the jubilee
vaiyovelH3104 →27 times
קֹ֛דֶשׁa holy thing
kodeshH6944 →469 times
לַֽיהוָ֖הto Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
כִּשְׂדֵ֣הlike [the] field of
kisdehH7704 →334 times
הַחֵ֑רֶם<the> total destruction
hacheremH2764 →38 times
לַכֹּהֵ֖ןto the priest
lakohenH3548 →750 times
תִּהְיֶ֥הit will belong
tihyehH1961 →3559 times
אֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ׃possession his
ʾachuzatoH272 →66 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 25:10So 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…
it leads to
- Leviticus 25:13
In this Year of Jubilee, each of you shall return to his own property.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 34:8
After King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim liberty, the word came to Jeremiah from the LORD
- Isaiah 63:4
For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption had come.
- 1 Peter 2:16
Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
- Isaiah 61:1–3
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty…
- Leviticus 25:13
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.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 27:28
Through
Ezekiel 44:29They shall eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Everything in Israel devoted to the LORD will belong to them.
it leads to
- Numbers 18:14
Every devoted thing in Israel belongs to you.
- Leviticus 6:29
Any male among the priests may eat it; it is most holy.
- Numbers 18:14
Where this verse is studied
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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); 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.