Levítico 27:13

13 Si el dueño quiere rescatar el animal, deberá añadir una quinta parte al valor que haya fijado el sacerdote.

Levítico 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.

Levítico 27:13 In-Context

11 »Si lo que se presenta como ofrenda al SEÑOR es un animal impuro, se llevará el animal ante el sacerdote,

12 quien determinará el valor del animal. El cálculo aplicado por el sacerdote deberá aceptarse, cualquiera que este sea.

13 Si el dueño quiere rescatar el animal, deberá añadir una quinta parte al valor que haya fijado el sacerdote.

14 »Si alguno consagra su casa al SEÑOR, el sacerdote determinará su valor. El cálculo aplicado por el sacerdote deberá aceptarse, cualquiera que este sea.

15 Si el que consagró su casa quiere rescatarla, deberá añadir una quinta parte al valor que haya fijado el sacerdote, y la casa volverá a ser suya.