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Leviticus 27:22

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Now if a man consecrates to the LORD a field he has purchased, which is not a part of his own property,

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And if he sanctify unto Jehovah a field which he hath bought, which is not of the field of his possession;

KJV

And if a man sanctify unto the Lord a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession;

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This verse in Leviticus 27

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It was supposed that those who, by the blessing of God, had grown so rich as to become purchasers would think themselves obliged in gratitude to sanctify some part of their purchase, at least (and here they are not limited, but they might, if they pleased, sanctify the whole), to the service of God.

This site's exposition

a field which he hath bought

on Leviticus 27:22-25

A field a man bought is handled on different terms from a field he inherited. He pays its worth up to the jubilee on the day he vows it, and at the jubilee the land goes back to the family it came from, so he gives away only the years he actually holds. Verse 25 fastens every figure in the chapter to one weight, the shekel of the sanctuary at twenty gerahs, which Exodus 30:13 had already fixed.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And if a man sanctify unto the Lord a field which he hath bought,.... With his own money, of some person in poverty and distress, who was obliged to sell it, and which, according to a former law, returned to the original proprietor in the year of jubilee: which is not of the fields of his possession; which he has not by inheritance from his fathers.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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

10 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְאִם֙and if

    veimH518 →1069 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • שְׂדֵ֣ה<the> field of

    sedehH7704 →334 times

  • מִקְנָת֔וֹpurchase his

    miknatoH4736 →15 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֕רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • לֹ֖אnot

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • מִשְּׂדֵ֣ה[is] from [the] field of

    misedehH7704 →334 times

  • אֲחֻזָּת֑וֹpossession his

    ʾachuzatoH272 →66 times

  • יַקְדִּ֖ישׁhe will set apart as holy

    yakdishH6942 →171 times

  • לַֽיהוָֽה׃to Yahweh

    layahwehH3068 →6520 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

2 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 25:10

    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…

    it leads to

    • 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.

    • Leviticus 25:13

      In this Year of Jubilee, each of you shall return to his own property.

    • 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…

    • 1 Peter 2:16

      Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.

  • Through

    Leviticus 25:25

    If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his nearest of kin may come and redeem what his brother has sold.

    it leads to

    • Ruth 2:20

      Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the LORD, who has not withdrawn His kindness from the living or the dead.” Naomi continued, “The man is a close relative. He…

    • Jeremiah 32:7–8

      Behold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, ‘Buy for yourself my field in Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it.’

    • Ruth 3:9

      “Who are you?” he asked. “I am your servant Ruth,” she replied. “Spread the corner of your garment over me, for you are a kinsman-redeemer.”

About Leviticus

Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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