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Leviticus 27:14-34
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Redemption of Houses Given as Votive Offerings

14 “‘If a man consecrates his house as holy to the Lord, the priest will establish its conversion value, whether good or bad. Just as the priest establishes its conversion value, thus it will stand.[a] 15 If the one who consecrates it redeems his house, he must add to it one-fifth of its conversion value in silver, and it will belong to him.[b]

Redemption of Fields Given as Votive Offerings

16 “‘If a man consecrates to the Lord some of his own landed property, the conversion value must be calculated in accordance with the amount of seed needed to sow it,[c] a homer of barley seed being priced at fifty shekels of silver.[d] 17 If he consecrates his field in the Jubilee year,[e] the conversion value will stand, 18 but if[f] he consecrates his field after the Jubilee, the priest will calculate the price[g] for him according to the years that are left until the next Jubilee year, and it will be deducted from the conversion value. 19 If, however, the one who consecrated the field redeems it,[h] he must add to it one-fifth of the conversion price[i] and it will belong to him.[j] 20 If he does not redeem the field, but sells[k] the field to someone else, he may never redeem it. 21 When it reverts[l] in the Jubilee, the field will be holy to the Lord like a permanently dedicated field;[m] it will become the priest’s property.[n]

22 “‘If he consecrates to the Lord a field he has purchased,[o] which is not part of his own landed property, 23 the priest will calculate for him the amount of its conversion value until the Jubilee year, and he must pay[p] the conversion value on that Jubilee day as something that is holy to the Lord. 24 In the Jubilee year the field will return to the one from whom he bought it, the one to whom it belongs as landed property. 25 Every conversion value must be calculated by the standard of the sanctuary shekel;[q] twenty gerahs to the shekel.

Redemption of the Firstborn

26 “‘Surely no man may consecrate a firstborn that already belongs to the Lord as a firstborn among the animals; whether it is an ox or a sheep, it belongs to the Lord.[r] 27 If, however,[s] it is among the unclean animals, he may ransom it according to[t] its conversion value and must add one-fifth to it, but if it is not redeemed it must be sold according to its conversion value.

Things Permanently Dedicated to the Lord

28 “‘Surely anything that a man permanently dedicates to the Lord[u] from all that belongs to him, whether from people, animals, or his landed property, must be neither sold nor redeemed; anything permanently dedicated is most holy to the Lord. 29 Any human being who is permanently dedicated[v] to the Lord[w] must not be ransomed; such a person must be put to death.

Redemption of the Tithe

30 “‘Any tithe[x] of the land, from the grain of the land or from the fruit of the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord. 31 If a man redeems[y] part of his tithe, however, he must add one-fifth to it.[z] 32 All the tithe of herds or flocks, everything which passes under the rod, the tenth one will be holy to the Lord.[aa] 33 The owner[ab] must not examine the animals to distinguish between good and bad, and he must not exchange it. If, however, he does exchange it,[ac] both the original animal[ad] and its substitute will be holy[ae] and must not be redeemed.’”

Final Colophon

34 These are the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses to tell the Israelites[af] at Mount Sinai.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 27:14 tn The expression “it shall stand” may be a technical term for “it shall be legally valid”; cf. NLT “assessment will be final.”
  2. Leviticus 27:15 tn Heb “and it shall be to him.”
  3. Leviticus 27:16 tn Heb “a conversion value shall be to the mouth of its seed.”
  4. Leviticus 27:16 tn Heb “seed of a homer of barley in fifty shekels of silver.”
  5. Leviticus 27:17 tn Heb “from the year of the jubilee.” For the meaning of “jubilee,” see the note on Lev 25:10 above.
  6. Leviticus 27:18 tn Heb “And if.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) can be considered to have adversative force here.
  7. Leviticus 27:18 tn Heb “the silver.”
  8. Leviticus 27:19 tn Heb “And if redeeming [infinitive absolute] he redeems [finite verb] the field, the one who consecrated it.” For the infinitive absolute used to highlight contrast rather than emphasis see GKC 343 §113.p.
  9. Leviticus 27:19 tn Heb “the silver of the conversion value.”
  10. Leviticus 27:19 tn Heb “and it shall rise to him.” See HALOT 1087 s.v. קום 7 for the rendering offered here, but see also the note on the end of v. 14 above (cf. J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 476, 478).
  11. Leviticus 27:20 tn Heb “and if he sells.”
  12. Leviticus 27:21 tn Heb “When it goes out” (cf. Lev 25:25-34).
  13. Leviticus 27:21 tn Heb “like the field of the permanent dedication.” The Hebrew word חֵרֶם (kherem) is a much discussed term. In this and the following verses it refers in a general way to the fact that something is permanently devoted to the Lord and therefore cannot be redeemed (cf. v. 20b). See J. A. Naudé, NIDOTTE 2:276-77; N. Lohfink, TDOT 5:180-99, esp. pp. 184, 188, and 198-99; and the numerous explanations in J. E. Hartley, Leviticus (WBC), 483-85.
  14. Leviticus 27:21 tn Heb “to the priest it shall be his property.”
  15. Leviticus 27:22 tn Heb “his field of purchase,” which is to be distinguished from his own ancestral “landed property” (cf. v. 16 above).
  16. Leviticus 27:23 tn Heb “give” (so KJV, ASV, NASB, NLT).
  17. Leviticus 27:25 tn See the note on Lev 5:15.
  18. Leviticus 27:26 tn Heb “to the Lord it is.”
  19. Leviticus 27:27 tn Heb “And if.”
  20. Leviticus 27:27 tn Heb “in” or “by.”
  21. Leviticus 27:28 tn Heb “Surely, any permanently dedicated [thing] which a man shall permanently dedicate to the Lord.” The Hebrew term חֵרֶם (kherem) refers to things that are devoted permanently to the Lord (see the note on v. 21 above).
  22. Leviticus 27:29 tn Heb “permanently dedicated from among men.”
  23. Leviticus 27:29 tn The words “to the Lord” are not in the Hebrew text but have been supplied for clarity.
  24. Leviticus 27:30 tn On the “tithe” system in Israel, see R. E. Averbeck, NIDOTTE 2:1035-55 and esp. pp. 1041-42 on Lev 27:30-33.
  25. Leviticus 27:31 tn Heb “And if redeeming [infinitive absolute] a man redeems [finite verb].” For the infinitive absolute used to highlight contrast rather than emphasis see GKC 343 §113.p.
  26. Leviticus 27:31 tn Heb “its one-fifth on it.”
  27. Leviticus 27:32 sn The tithed animal was the tenth one that passed under the shepherd’s rod or staff as they were being counted (see J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 485, and B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 200).
  28. Leviticus 27:33 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the owner of the animal) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  29. Leviticus 27:33 tn Heb “And if exchanging [infinitive absolute] he exchanges it [finite verb].” For the infinitive absolute used to highlight contrast rather than emphasis see GKC 343 §113.p.
  30. Leviticus 27:33 tn Heb “it and its substitute.” The referent (the original animal offered) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  31. Leviticus 27:33 tn Heb “it shall be and its substitute shall be holy.”
  32. Leviticus 27:34 tn Most of the commentaries and English versions translate, “which the Lord commanded Moses for the children of Israel.” The preposition אֶל (ʾel), however, does not usually mean “for.” In this book it is commonly used when the Lord commands Moses “to speak [un]to” a person or group of persons (see, e.g., Lev 1:2; 4:2, etc.). The translation “to tell” here reflects this pattern in the book of Leviticus.
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