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Leviticus 27:17 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy estimation it shall stand. "
Leviticus 27:17
Verse in Context
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And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation
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.
If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy estimation it shall stand.
But 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.
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
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Leviticus 27:1
"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"
Leviticus 27:2
"Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by thy estimation."
Leviticus 27:3
"And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary."
Leviticus 27:4
"And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels."
Leviticus 27:5
"And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels."
Leviticus 27:6
"And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver."
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