Add parallel Print Page Options

Value of Land

16 “‘A person might give part of his fields to the Lord. The value of those fields will depend on how much seed is needed to plant them. It will cost about one and one-fourth pounds of silver for each six bushels of barley seed needed.

Read full chapter

16 “‘If anyone dedicates to the Lord part of their family land, its value is to be set according to the amount of seed required for it—fifty shekels of silver to a homer[a] of barley seed.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 27:16 That is, probably about 300 pounds or about 135 kilograms

16 And if a man shall sanctify unto the Lord some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.

Read full chapter

16 “If a man dedicates to the Lord part of the land that is his possession, then the valuation shall be in proportion to its seed. A homer[a] of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 27:16 A homer was about 6 bushels or 220 liters