Leviticus 27:12
in Leviticus 27The priest shall set its value, whether high or low; as the priest values it, the price will be set.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou the priest valuest it, so shall it be.
KJV
And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be.
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This verse in Leviticus 27
Commentary
6 notes on this verseAnd the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad,.... Put a price upon it according to its worth, as it shall appear to him: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be; that shall be the price at which it shall be sold, not to the owner or devoter of it, for he must give more, as appears from Lev 27:13; but, as Jarchi observes, to all other men who come to purchase it.
This site's exposition
If he vows an animal that may be brought as an offering
on Leviticus 27:9-13
An unclean animal is valued by the priest, and redeeming it costs a fifth more. Leviticus 5:16 and 6:5 lay the same fifth on restitution for a trespass, so taking back a gift to God is priced like damage.
This site's exposition
whether high or low
John Gill, following Jarchi, reads the priest's figure as the price for any buyer. The owner who wants the animal back pays more, as verse 13 adds a fifth. Jarchi is Rashi, the medieval Jewish commentator.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Concerning Things Sanctified. 14 And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the L ORD , then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand. 15 And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his.
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Things or persons devoted are here distinguished from things or persons that were only sanctified. Devoted things were most holy to the Lord, and could neither revert nor be alienated,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the Lord--a clean beast. After it had been vowed, it could neither be employed in common purposes nor exchanged for an equivalent--it must be sacrificed--or if, through some discovered blemish, it was unsuitable for the altar, it might be sold, and the money applied for the sacred service.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהֶעֱרִ֤יךְ | veheerikh | and he will evaluate | H6186 → | 74 times |
| הַכֹּהֵן֙ | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| אֹתָ֔הּ | ʾotah | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 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 |
| כְּעֶרְכְּךָ֥ | keerkekha | according to valuation of your | H6187 → | 33 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֖ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| כֵּ֥ן | ken | so | H3651 → | 771 times |
| יִהְיֶֽה׃ | yihyeh | it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
וְהֶעֱרִ֤יךְand he will evaluate
veheerikhH6186 →74 times
הַכֹּהֵן֙the priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
אֹתָ֔הּ<obj.> it
ʾotahH853 →10935 times
בֵּ֥יןbetween
beinH996 →407 times
ט֖וֹבgood
tovH2896 →538 times
וּבֵ֣יןand between
uveinH996 →407 times
רָ֑עbad
ra'H7451 →662 times
כְּעֶרְכְּךָ֥according to valuation of your
keerkekhaH6187 →33 times
הַכֹּהֵ֖ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
כֵּ֥ןso
kenH3651 →771 times
יִהְיֶֽה׃it will be
yihyehH1961 →3559 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.