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Leviticus 27:17

27:16 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. an: or, the land of an homer, etc
If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy estimation it shall stand.

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If he dedicates his field from the Year of Jubilee, according to your valuation it shall stand.

If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy estimation it shall stand.

If he sanctify his field from the year of jubilee, according to your estimation it shall stand.

27:18 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.

What does Leviticus 27:17 mean?

Leviticus 27:17 is a verse in the book of Leviticus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include קָדַשׁ (qâdash), שָׂדֶה (sâdeh), שָׁנֶה (shâneh).

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If
he
sanctifyקָדַשׁqâdash/kaw-dash'/H6942to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
his
fieldשָׂדֶהsâdeh/saw-deh'/H7704a field (as flat)
from
the
yearשָׁנֶהshâneh/shaw-neh'/H8141a year (as a revolution of time)
of
jubile,יוֹבֵלyôwbêl/yo-bale'/H3104the blast of a horn (from its continuous sound); specifically, the signal of the silver trumpets; hence, the instrument itself and the festival thus introduced
according
to
thy
estimationעֵרֶךְʻêrek/eh'rek/H6187a pile, equipment, estimate
it
shall
stand.קוּםqûwm/koom/H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

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DedicationFeast of Jubilee, theJubileeLandRedemptionVows

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Leviticus 27:17.

Genesis 23:17

And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure

Genesis 23:20

And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.

Genesis 37:7

For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.

Genesis 4:8

And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

Leviticus 27:18

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.

Leviticus 27:23

Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, even unto the year of the jubile: and he shall give thine estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto the LORD.

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What does Leviticus 27:17 say?

Leviticus 27:17 (King James Version) reads: "If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy estimation it shall stand."

Is Leviticus 27:17 in the Old or New Testament?

Leviticus 27:17 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Leviticus.

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