Levítico 27:24

24 "En el año de jubileo el campo volverá a aquél de quien lo compró, a quien pertenece la posesión de la tierra.

Levítico 27:24 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 27:24

In the year of jubilee, the field shall return unto him of
whom it was bought
Not to him that sanctified it, whether he redeemed it or not; nor to him that bought it of the treasurer of the temple after it was sanctified; but to the original proprietor and owner of it, of whom he bought it that sanctified it, for so it follows:

[even] to him to whom the possession of the land [did belong];
which was a possession of his he had by inheritance from his fathers, and therefore, according to the law of the year of jubilee, was then to return to him, and could be retained no longer, nor even converted to holy uses; for as it is said in the Misnah ^F8,

``a field of purchase goes not out to the priests in the year of jubilee; for no man can sanctify a thing which is not his own;''

as what he had purchased was no longer his than to the year of jubilee, and therefore could not devote it to sacred uses for any longer time.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Ut supra. (Hilchot Eracin, c. 4. sect. 26.)

Levítico 27:24 In-Context

22 "Y si consagra al SEÑOR un campo que ha comprado, que no es parte del campo de su propiedad,

23 entonces el sacerdote le calculará la cantidad de tu valuación hasta el año de jubileo; y en ese día dará tu valuación como cosa consagrada al SEÑOR.

24 "En el año de jubileo el campo volverá a aquél de quien lo compró, a quien pertenece la posesión de la tierra.

25 "Toda valuación que hagas será conforme al siclo del santuario. Veinte geras son un siclo.

26 "Sin embargo, el primogénito de los animales, que por su primogenitura pertenece al SEÑOR, nadie puede consagrarlo; ya sea buey u oveja, es del SEÑOR.