Leviticus 27:12

12 And the priest shall set a value on it, {either good or bad}; as the priest [sets] your proper value, so it shall be.

Leviticus 27:12 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 27:12

And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad
Put a price upon it according to its worth, as it shall appear to him:

as thou valuest it, [who art] the priest, so shall it be;
that shall be the price at which it shall be sold, not to the owner or devoter of it, for he must give more, as appears from ( Leviticus 27:13 ) ; but, as Jarchi observes, to all other men who come to purchase it.

Leviticus 27:12 In-Context

10 He shall not replace it, nor shall he exchange it, [either] good with bad or bad with good; and if he indeed exchanges a domestic animal with a domestic animal, then {it and its substitution shall be a holy object}.

11 But if [it is] any unclean animal from which they may not present an offering for Yahweh, then he shall present the animal {before} the priest.

12 And the priest shall set a value on it, {either good or bad}; as the priest [sets] your proper value, so it shall be.

13 And if he indeed wants to redeem it, then he shall add a fifth of it onto your proper value.

14 " 'And if a man consecrates his house [as] a holy object for Yahweh, then the priest shall set a value on it, {either good or bad}; [just] as the priest sets a value on it, so it shall remain.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "between good and between bad"