Leviticus 27:19
in Leviticus 27And if the one who consecrated the field decides to redeem it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value, and it shall belong to him.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And if he that sanctified the field will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him.
KJV
And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him.
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This verse in Leviticus 27
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd, (2.) When the value was fixed, the donor might, if he pleased, redeem it for sixty shekels the homer's sowing, which was with the addition of a fifth part: the money then went to the sanctuary, and the land reverted to him that had sanctified it,
This site's exposition
sanctify his house to be holy
on Leviticus 27:14-21
A house is valued by the priest and bought back with a fifth added, and a field of a man's inheritance is valued by the seed it takes, an homer of barley seed at fifty shekels. The price is reckoned against the jubilee clock, standing full when the vow falls at the jubilee and abated by the years already spent. Verses 20 and 21 give the one route by which inherited land leaves a family for good, since a field left unredeemed becomes the priest's possession at the jubilee. Leviticus 25:13 sends every man back to his possession in that year, and here the same year takes a field away.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And if he that sanctified the field shall in any wise redeem it,....
But if he would not redeem it, and the priest sold it to another, then at the year of jubilee, beyond which the sale could not go, the land came to the priests, and was theirs for ever,
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
14 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 |
| גָּאֹ֤ל | gaol | certainly [if] <to redeem> | H1350 → | 104 times |
| יִגְאַל֙ | yigal | he will redeem | H1350 → | 104 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה | hasadeh | the field | H7704 → | 334 times |
| הַמַּקְדִּ֖ישׁ | hamakdish | the [one who] set apart as holy | H6942 → | 171 times |
| אֹת֑וֹ | ʾoto | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וְ֠יָסַף | veyasaf | and he will add | H3254 → | 212 times |
| חֲמִשִׁ֧ית | chamishit | [the] fifth part of | H2549 → | 45 times |
| כֶּֽסֶף־ | kesef- | [the] silver of | H3701 → | 403 times |
| עֶרְכְּךָ֛ | ʾerkekha | valuation your | H6187 → | 33 times |
| עָלָ֖יו | ʾalav | to it | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| וְקָ֥ם | vekam | and it will stand | H6965 → | 628 times |
| לֽוֹ׃ | lo | to <the> him |
וְאִם־and <if>
veim-H518 →1069 times
גָּאֹ֤לcertainly [if] <to redeem>
gaolH1350 →104 times
יִגְאַל֙he will redeem
yigalH1350 →104 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַשָּׂדֶ֔הthe field
hasadehH7704 →334 times
הַמַּקְדִּ֖ישׁthe [one who] set apart as holy
hamakdishH6942 →171 times
אֹת֑וֹ<obj.> it
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
וְ֠יָסַףand he will add
veyasafH3254 →212 times
חֲמִשִׁ֧ית[the] fifth part of
chamishitH2549 →45 times
כֶּֽסֶף־[the] silver of
kesef-H3701 →403 times
עֶרְכְּךָ֛valuation your
ʾerkekhaH6187 →33 times
עָלָ֖יוto it
ʾalavH5921 →5755 times
וְקָ֥םand it will stand
vekamH6965 →628 times
לֽוֹ׃to <the> him
lo
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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 27:13If, however, the owner decides to redeem the animal, he must add a fifth to its value.
it leads to
- Leviticus 27:15
But if he who consecrated his house redeems it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value, and it will belong to him.
- Leviticus 22:14
If anyone eats a sacred offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the sacred offering to the priest.
- Leviticus 27:10
He must not replace it or exchange it, either good for bad or bad for good. But if he does substitute one animal for another, both that animal and its substitute will be holy.
- Leviticus 5:16
Regarding any holy thing he has harmed, he must make restitution by adding a fifth of its value to it and giving it to the priest, who will make atonement on his behalf with…
- Leviticus 6:4–5
once he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found,
- Leviticus 27:15
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); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.