Leviticus 27:20

20 'Yet if he will not redeem the field, but has sold the field to another man, it may no longer be redeemed;

Leviticus 27:20 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 27:20

And if he will not redeem the field
He that sanctified it, does not care to give for it the settled price of the fifth part besides, but chooses it should be disposed of for the uses he devoted it to:

or if he have sold the field to another man;
that is, either the original owner having bought it and sold it again, or rather the priest, the treasurer, as Jarchi, who had the disposal of it, for the uses and purposes for which it was devoted, when sold by him:

it shall not be redeemed any more;
it was not in the power of him that sanctified it to make a purchase of it again; the buyer of it might not sell it to him again, for otherwise, by that means, he might come at it cheaper than the law directs; besides, there is another reason for it, which is suggested in ( Leviticus 27:21 ) .

Leviticus 27:20 In-Context

18 'If he consecrates his field after the jubilee, however, then the priest shall calculate the price for him proportionate to the years that are left until the year of jubilee; and it shall be deducted from your valuation.
19 'If the one who consecrates it should ever wish to redeem the field, then he shall add one-fifth of your valuation price to it, so that it may pass to him.
20 'Yet if he will not redeem the field, but has sold the field to another man, it may no longer be redeemed;
21 and when it reverts in the jubilee, the field shall be holy to the LORD , like a field set apart; it shall be for the priest as his property.
22 'Or if he consecrates to the LORD a field which he has bought, which is not a part of the field of his own property,

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