Leviticus 27:20

20 If, however, they do not redeem the field, or if they have sold it to someone else, it can never be redeemed.

Leviticus 27:20 in Other Translations

20 And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.

20 But if he does not wish to redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed anymore.

20 But if he does not want to buy it back, and it is sold to someone else, the field can no longer be bought back.

20 But if he doesn't redeem it or sells the field to someone else, it can never be bought back.

20 But if he does not redeem the field or if he has sold it to another man, it is no longer redeemable.

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 But if they dedicate a field after the Jubilee, the priest will determine the value according to the number of years that remain until the next Year of Jubilee, and its set value will be reduced.

19 If the one who dedicates the field wishes to redeem it, they must add a fifth to its value, and the field will again become theirs.

20 If, however, they do not redeem the field, or if they have sold it to someone else, it can never be redeemed.

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,