Leviticus 27:21-31

21 When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the LORD; it will become priestly property.

22 “ ‘If anyone dedicates to the LORD a field they have bought, which is not part of their family land,

23 the priest will determine its value up to the Year of Jubilee, and the owner must pay its value on that day as something holy to the LORD.

24 In the Year of Jubilee the field will revert to the person from whom it was bought, the one whose land it was.

25 Every value is to be set according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.

26 “ ‘No one, however, may dedicate the firstborn of an animal, since the firstborn already belongs to the LORD; whether an ox^[a] or a sheep, it is the LORD’s.

27 If it is one of the unclean animals, it may be bought back at its set value, adding a fifth of the value to it. If it is not redeemed, it is to be sold at its set value.

28 “ ‘But nothing that a person owns and devotes^[b] to the LORD—whether a human being or an animal or family land—may be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.

29 “ ‘No person devoted to destruction^[c] may be ransomed; they are to be put to death.

30 “ ‘A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD.

31 Whoever would redeem any of their tithe must add a fifth of the value to it.

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Leviticus 27:21-31 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVEITICUS 27

This chapter contains various laws concerning vows made unto the Lord, whether of persons whose estimation was to be made by the priest, according to their age, sex, and condition, Le 26:1-8; or of beasts, clean and unclean, good or bad, Le 26:9-13; or of houses, fields, and lands, the estimation of which was to be according to its seed, and the time of its being set apart, whether from or after the year of jubilee, and the number of years to it, Le 26:14-25; with this exception to the above laws, that no firstling of the Lord's might be sanctified, and if an unclean beast it might be redeemed, but nothing devoted to the Lord, whether of man, beast, or field, might be sold or redeemed, Le 26:26-29; and the chapter is concluded with some laws concerning the redemption or change of tithes, what might or what might not be redeemed or changed, Le 26:30-34;

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 16

1. S Leviticus 25:10
2. S ver 9
3. ver 28; Numbers 18:14; Ezekiel 44:29
4. S Leviticus 25:15
5. Leviticus 25:28
6. S Exodus 30:13; Numbers 18:16
7. Numbers 3:47; Ezekiel 45:12
8. S Exodus 13:12; Exodus 13:2,12
9. S ver 11
10. Numbers 18:14; Joshua 6:17-19
11. S ver 9
12. Deuteronomy 7:26
13. Genesis 28:22; Numbers 18:26; Deuteronomy 12:6,17; Deuteronomy 14:22,28; 2 Chronicles 31:6; Nehemiah 10:37; Nehemiah 12:44; Nehemiah 13:5; Malachi 3:8
14. Deuteronomy 7:6; Ezra 9:2; Isaiah 6:13
15. S Leviticus 25:25
16. Leviticus 5:16

Footnotes 3

[a]. The Hebrew word can refer to either male or female.
[b]. The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord.
[c]. The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.

Leviticus 27:21-31

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Leviticus 27:21-31 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVEITICUS 27

Cross References 16

Footnotes 3