14 ‘Now if someone consecrates his house as holy to the Lord, then the priest shall assess it [a]as either good or bad; as the priest assesses it, so shall it stand. 15 Yet if the one who consecrates it should want to redeem his house, then he shall add a fifth of your assessment price to it, so that it may be his.

16 ‘Again, if someone consecrates to the Lord part of the field of his own property, then your assessment shall be [b]proportionate to the seed needed for it: a [c]homer of barley seed at fifty shekels of silver.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 27:14 Lit between good
  2. Leviticus 27:16 Lit according to its seed
  3. Leviticus 27:16 About 7.7 cubic feet or 0.22 cubic meters

14 “‘If anyone dedicates their house as something holy to the Lord, the priest will judge its quality as good or bad. Whatever value the priest then sets, so it will remain. 15 If the one who dedicates their house wishes to redeem it,(A) they must add a fifth to its value, and the house will again become theirs.

16 “‘If anyone dedicates to the Lord part of their family land, its value is to be set according to the amount of seed required for it—fifty shekels of silver to a homer[a] of barley seed.

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  1. Leviticus 27:16 That is, probably about 300 pounds or about 135 kilograms