Leviticus 27:13

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

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 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.

15 But if the one who consecrates [it] wants to redeem his house, then he shall add a fifth of your proper value's money onto it, and it shall be his.

Footnotes

• [a] Or "and"