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16 ‘Again, if a man sets apart as holy to Yahweh a portion of the fields of his own possession, then your valuation shall be [a]proportionate to the seed needed for it: a [b]homer of barley seed at [c]fifty shekels of silver. 17 If he sets apart his field as holy from the year of jubilee, according to your valuation it shall stand. 18 If he sets apart his field as holy after the jubilee, however, then the priest shall calculate the price for [d]him [e]proportionate to the years that are left until the year of jubilee; and it shall be deducted from your valuation.

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  1. Leviticus 27:16 Lit according to its seed
  2. Leviticus 27:16 A homer was approx. 6.5 bu. or 230 l
  3. Leviticus 27:16 Approx. 1.25 lb. or 0.55 kg
  4. Leviticus 27:18 Or it
  5. Leviticus 27:18 Lit according to the years

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. 17 If they dedicate a field during the Year of Jubilee, the value that has been set remains. 18 But if they dedicate a field after the Jubilee,(A) the priest will determine the value according to the number of years that remain(B) until the next Year of Jubilee, and its set value will be reduced.

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