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Leviticus 27:20 KJV
Leviticus · chapter 27 · verse 20
And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.Leviticus 27:20 · King James Version
Leviticus 27:20 in context
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.
20And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.
21But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest’s.
22And if a man sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- redeemgâʼalto be the next of kinH1350 →
- fieldsâdeha fieldH7704 →
- soldmâkarto sell, literally , or figurativelyH4376 →
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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