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Leviticus 27:17 KJV
Leviticus · chapter 27 · verse 17
If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy estimation it shall stand.Leviticus 27:17 · King James Version
Leviticus 27:17 in context
15And 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.
16And 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.
17If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy estimation it shall stand.
18But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thy estimation.
19And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- estimationʻêreka pile, equipment, estimateH6187 →
- sanctifyqâdashto be cleanH6942 →
- jubileyôwbêlthe blast of a hornH3104 →
- fieldsâdeha fieldH7704 →
- yearshâneha yearH8141 →
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Here is the law concerning real estates dedicated to the service of God by a singular vow. I. Suppose a man, in his zeal for the honour of God, should sanctify his house to God (Lev 27:14), the house must be valued by the priest, and the money got by the sale of it was to be converted to the use of the sanctuary,…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-25