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Leviticus 27:19

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.
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 to him.

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If he who dedicated the field will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall remain his.

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 to him.

And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of your estimation to it, and it shall be assured to him.

27:20 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.

What does Leviticus 27:19 mean?

Leviticus 27:19 is a verse in the book of Leviticus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include קָדַשׁ (qâdash), שָׂדֶה (sâdeh), גָּאַל (gâʼal).

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And
if
he
that
sanctifiedקָדַשׁqâdash/kaw-dash'/H6942to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
the
fieldשָׂדֶהsâdeh/saw-deh'/H7704a field (as flat)
will
in
any
wiseגָּאַלgâʼal/gaw-al'/H1350to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
redeemגָּאַלgâʼal/gaw-al'/H1350to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
it,
then
he
shall
addיָסַףyâçaph/yaw-saf'/H3254to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
the
fifthחֲמִישִׁיchămîyshîy/kham-ee-shee'/H2549fifth; also a fifth
part
of
the
moneyכֶּסֶףkeçeph/keh'-sef/H3701silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
of
thy
estimationעֵרֶךְʻêrek/eh'rek/H6187a pile, equipment, estimate
unto
it,
and
it
shall
be
assuredקוּםqûwm/koom/H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
to
him.

Topics

DedicationFeast of Jubilee, theJubileeLandRedemptionVows

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Leviticus 27:19.

Leviticus 27:13

But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.

Leviticus 27:15

And 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.

Leviticus 27:27

And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.

Leviticus 27:31

And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof.

Genesis 23:13

And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

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 23:9

That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you. as much: Heb. full money

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What does Leviticus 27:19 say?

Leviticus 27:19 (King James Version) reads: "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 to him."

Is Leviticus 27:19 in the Old or New Testament?

Leviticus 27:19 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Leviticus.

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