Leviticus 27:16-18

Young's Literal Translation

¹⁶`And if of the field of his possession a man sanctify to Jehovah, then hath thy valuation been according to its seed; a homer of barley-seed at fifty shekels of silver;

¹⁷if from the year of the jubilee he sanctify his field, according to thy valuation it standeth;

¹⁸and if after the jubilee he sanctify his field, then hath the priest reckoned to him the money according to the years which are left, unto the year of the jubilee, and it hath been abated from thy valuation.

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Leviticus 27:16-18

New International Version

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. ¹⁷If they dedicate a field during the Year of Jubilee, the value that has been set remains. ¹⁸But 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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Footnotes

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

Leviticus 27:16-18

King James Version

¹⁶And if a man shall sanctify unto the Lord some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.

¹⁷If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy estimation it shall stand.

¹⁸But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thy estimation.

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