Leviticus 25:16
in Leviticus 25You shall increase the price in proportion to a greater number of years, or decrease it in proportion to a lesser number of years; for he is selling you a given number of harvests.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
According to the multitude of the years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of the years thou shalt diminish the price of it; for the number of the crops doth he sell unto thee.
KJV
According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.
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This verse in Leviticus 25
Commentary
4 notes on this verseIn short, the buyer must not give less, nor the seller take more, than the just value of the thing, considered as necessarily returning at the year of jubilee. It must be settled what the clear yearly value of the land was, and then how many years' purchase it was worth till the year of jubilee.
This site's exposition
If you make a sale to your neighbor
on Leviticus 25:14-16
Nobody in Israel buys land. The price is set by the harvests left before the jubile, so every sale is a lease priced by the crops still to come.
This site's exposition
selling you a given number of harvests
Matthew Henry sets out the sum as the clear yearly value of the land, multiplied by the years left until the Jubilee. Buyer and seller both work from that one figure, which verse 17 then guards with the fear of God. Henry binds both parties to that value.
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According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof,....
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לְפִ֣י׀ | lefi | to [the] mouth of | H6310 → | 498 times |
| רֹ֣ב | ro | [the] abundance of | H7230 → | |
| הַשָּׁנִ֗ים | hashanim | the years | H8141 → | 877 times |
| תַּרְבֶּה֙ | tarbeh | you will increase | H7235 → | 227 times |
| מִקְנָת֔וֹ | miknato | purchase price its | H4736 → | 15 times |
| וּלְפִי֙ | ulefi | and to [the] mouth of | H6310 → | 498 times |
| מְעֹ֣ט | meot | [the] being small of | H4591 → | 22 times |
| הַשָּׁנִ֔ים | hashanim | the years | H8141 → | 877 times |
| תַּמְעִ֖יט | tamit | you will make small | H4591 → | 22 times |
| מִקְנָת֑וֹ | miknato | purchase price its | H4736 → | 15 times |
| כִּ֚י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| מִסְפַּ֣ר | mispar | [the] number of | H4557 → | 134 times |
| תְּבוּאֹ֔ת | tevuot | produce<s> | H8393 → | 42 times |
| ה֥וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| מֹכֵ֖ר | mokher | [is] selling | H4376 → | 80 times |
| לָֽךְ׃ | lakh | to <the> you |
לְפִ֣י׀to [the] mouth of
lefiH6310 →498 times
רֹ֣ב[the] abundance of
roH7230 →
הַשָּׁנִ֗יםthe years
hashanimH8141 →877 times
תַּרְבֶּה֙you will increase
tarbehH7235 →227 times
מִקְנָת֔וֹpurchase price its
miknatoH4736 →15 times
וּלְפִי֙and to [the] mouth of
ulefiH6310 →498 times
מְעֹ֣ט[the] being small of
meotH4591 →22 times
הַשָּׁנִ֔יםthe years
hashanimH8141 →877 times
תַּמְעִ֖יטyou will make small
tamitH4591 →22 times
מִקְנָת֑וֹpurchase price its
miknatoH4736 →15 times
כִּ֚יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
מִסְפַּ֣ר[the] number of
misparH4557 →134 times
תְּבוּאֹ֔תproduce<s>
tevuotH8393 →42 times
ה֥וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
מֹכֵ֖ר[is] selling
mokherH4376 →80 times
לָֽךְ׃to <the> you
lakh
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.