Leviticus 27:13

13 If the owner wishes to redeem the animal, a fifth must be added to its value.

Leviticus 27:13 in Other Translations

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

13 But if he wishes to redeem it, he shall add a fifth to the valuation.

13 If you want to buy back the animal, you must pay the value set by the priest, plus 20 percent.

13 If the owner changes his mind and wants to redeem it, he must add twenty percent to its value.

13 If the one who brought it decides to redeem it, he must add a fifth to the valuation.

Leviticus 27:13 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 27:13

But if he will at all redeem it
The owner of it, or he that has devoted it, if he is determined to have it again at any rate:

then he shall add a fifth [part] thereof unto thy estimation;
he shall give the full price for it, as rated by the priest, and for which it might be sold to another man, and a fifth part of the value of it besides; this was done that the full price might be paid for it, the priest not knowing, as it might be, the worth of it so well as the owner; and that the value of consecrated things might be kept to, and to make men careful how and what they devoted, since, though redeemable, they were obliged to pay a large price for them.

Leviticus 27:13 In-Context

11 If what they vowed is a ceremonially unclean animal—one that is not acceptable as an offering to the LORD—the animal must be presented to the priest,

12 who will judge its quality as good or bad. Whatever value the priest then sets, that is what it will be.

13 If the owner wishes to redeem the animal, a fifth must be added to its value.

14 “ ‘If anyone dedicates their house as something holy to the LORD, the priest will judge its quality as good or bad. Whatever value the priest then sets, so it will remain.

15 If the one who dedicates their house wishes to redeem it, they must add a fifth to its value, and the house will again become theirs.

Cross References

• 1. ver 15,19; S Leviticus 25:25
• 2. S Leviticus 5:16