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Leviticus 27

1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

Cross references & Strong's
Cross references (TSK): Genesis 28:20
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • spake H1696 (דָבַר) — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
  • unto Moses H4872 (מֹשֶׁה) — Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
  • saying H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall accomplish a vow, the persons shall be for Jehovah by thy estimation.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Speak H1696 (דָבַר) — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
  • unto the children H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
  • of Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
  • and say H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
  • unto them, When a man H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
  • shall make a singular H6381 (פָּלָא) — properly, perhaps to separate, i.e. distinguish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to be (causatively, make) great, difficult, wonderful
  • vow H5088 (נֶדֶר) — a promise (to God); also (concretely) a thing promised
  • the persons H5315 (נֶפֶשׁ) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
  • for Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • by thy estimation H6187 (עֵרֶךְ) — a pile, equipment, estimate

3 And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And thy estimation H6187 (עֵרֶךְ) — a pile, equipment, estimate
  • shall be of the male H2145 (זָכָר) — properly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
  • from twenty H6242 (עֶשְׂרִים) — twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
  • years H8141 (שָׁנֶה) — a year (as a revolution of time)
  • old H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
  • even unto sixty H8346 (שִׁשִּׁים) — sixty
  • even thy estimation H6187 (עֵרֶךְ) — a pile, equipment, estimate
  • shall be fifty H2572 (חֲמִשִּׁים) — fifty
  • shekels H8255 (שֶׁקֶל) — probably a weight; used as a commercial standard
  • of silver H3701 (כֶּסֶף) — silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
  • after the shekel H8255 (שֶׁקֶל) — probably a weight; used as a commercial standard
  • of the sanctuary H6944 (קֹדֶשׁ) — a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity

4 And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.

Cross references & Strong's
Cross references (TSK): Zechariah 11:12 · Matthew 26:15 · Matthew 27:9
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • a female H5347 (נְקֵבָה) — female (from the sexual form)
  • then thy estimation H6187 (עֵרֶךְ) — a pile, equipment, estimate
  • shall be thirty H7970 (שְׁלוֹשִׁים) — thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth
  • shekels H8255 (שֶׁקֶל) — probably a weight; used as a commercial standard

5 And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

Cross references & Strong's
Cross references (TSK): Genesis 37:28
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • from five H2568 (חָמֵשׁ) — five
  • years H8141 (שָׁנֶה) — a year (as a revolution of time)
  • old H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
  • even unto twenty H6242 (עֶשְׂרִים) — twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
  • then thy estimation H6187 (עֵרֶךְ) — a pile, equipment, estimate
  • shall be of the male H2145 (זָכָר) — properly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
  • twenty H6242 (עֶשְׂרִים) — twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
  • shekels H8255 (שֶׁקֶל) — probably a weight; used as a commercial standard
  • and for the female H5347 (נְקֵבָה) — female (from the sexual form)
  • ten H6235 (עֶשֶׂר) — ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)

6 And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver.

Cross references & Strong's
Cross references (TSK): Numbers 3:40 · Numbers 18:14
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • from a month H2320 (חֹדֶשׁ) — the new moon; by implication, a month
  • old H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
  • even unto five H2568 (חָמֵשׁ) — five
  • years H8141 (שָׁנֶה) — a year (as a revolution of time)
  • then thy estimation H6187 (עֵרֶךְ) — a pile, equipment, estimate
  • shall be of the male H2145 (זָכָר) — properly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
  • five H2568 (חָמֵשׁ) — five
  • shekels H8255 (שֶׁקֶל) — probably a weight; used as a commercial standard
  • of silver H3701 (כֶּסֶף) — silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
  • and for the female H5347 (נְקֵבָה) — female (from the sexual form)
  • thy estimation H6187 (עֵרֶךְ) — a pile, equipment, estimate
  • three H7969 (שָׁלוֹשׁ) — three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice

7 And if it be from sixty years old and upward; if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

Cross references & Strong's
Cross references (TSK): Psalms 90:10
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • from sixty H8346 (שִׁשִּׁים) — sixty
  • years H8141 (שָׁנֶה) — a year (as a revolution of time)
  • old H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
  • and above H4605 (מַעַל) — properly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
  • a male H2145 (זָכָר) — properly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
  • then thy estimation H6187 (עֵרֶךְ) — a pile, equipment, estimate
  • shall be fifteen H6240 (עָשָׂר) — ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
  • shall be fifteen H2568 (חָמֵשׁ) — five
  • shekels H8255 (שֶׁקֶל) — probably a weight; used as a commercial standard
  • and for the female H5347 (נְקֵבָה) — female (from the sexual form)
  • ten H6235 (עֶשֶׂר) — ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)

8 But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall be set before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to the ability of him that vowed shall the priest value him.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • But if he be poorer H4134 (מוּךְ) — to become thin, i.e. (figuratively) be impoverished
  • than thy estimation H6187 (עֵרֶךְ) — a pile, equipment, estimate
  • then he shall present H5975 (עָמַד) — to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
  • himself before H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
  • the priest H3548 (כֹּהֵן) — literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
  • and the priest H3548 (כֹּהֵן) — literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
  • shall value H6186 (עָרַךְ) — to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
  • him; according to H6310 (פֶּה) — the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) acc…
  • his ability H5381 (נָשַׂג) — to reach (literally or figuratively)
  • his ability H3027 (יָד) — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of a…
  • that vowed H5087 (נָדַר) — to promise (pos., to do or give something to God)
  • shall the priest H3548 (כֹּהֵן) — literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
  • value H6186 (עָרַךְ) — to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)

9 And if it be a beast, whereof men offer an oblation unto Jehovah, all that any man giveth of such unto Jehovah shall be holy.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • a beast H929 (בְּהֵמָה) — properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
  • whereof men bring H7126 (קָרַב) — to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
  • an offering H7133 (קׇרְבָּן) — something brought near the altar, i.e. a sacrificial present
  • unto Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • giveth H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • of such unto Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • shall be holy H6944 (קֹדֶשׁ) — a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity

10 He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy.

Cross references & Strong's
Cross references (TSK): Leviticus 27:15 · Leviticus 27:33
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • He shall not alter H2498 (חָלַף) — properly, to slide by, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change
  • it, nor change H4171 (מוּר) — to alter; by implication, to barter, to dispose of
  • it, a good H2896 (טוֹב) — good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good t…
  • for a bad H7451 (רַע) — bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
  • or a bad H7451 (רַע) — bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
  • for a good H2896 (טוֹב) — good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good t…
  • and if he shall at all H4171 (מוּר) — to alter; by implication, to barter, to dispose of
  • change H4171 (מוּר) — to alter; by implication, to barter, to dispose of
  • beast H929 (בְּהֵמָה) — properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
  • for beast H929 (בְּהֵמָה) — properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
  • then it and the exchange H8545 (תְּמוּרָה) — barter, compensation
  • thereof shall be holy H6944 (קֹדֶשׁ) — a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity

11 And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer an oblation unto Jehovah, then he shall set the beast before the priest;

Cross references & Strong's
Cross references (TSK): Deuteronomy 23:18 · Malachi 1:14
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • any unclean H2931 (טָמֵא) — foul in a religious sense
  • beast H929 (בְּהֵמָה) — properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
  • of which they do not offer H7126 (קָרַב) — to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
  • a sacrifice H7133 (קׇרְבָּן) — something brought near the altar, i.e. a sacrificial present
  • unto Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • then he shall present H5975 (עָמַד) — to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
  • the beast H929 (בְּהֵמָה) — properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
  • before H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
  • the priest H3548 (כֹּהֵן) — literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)

12 and the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou the priest valuest it, so shall it be.

Cross references & Strong's
Cross references (TSK): Leviticus 27:23 · 2 Kings 12:4
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And the priest H3548 (כֹּהֵן) — literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
  • shall value H6186 (עָרַךְ) — to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
  • it, whether H996 (בֵּין) — between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
  • it be good H2896 (טוֹב) — good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good t…
  • or H996 (בֵּין) — between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
  • bad H7451 (רַע) — bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
  • as thou valuest H6187 (עֵרֶךְ) — a pile, equipment, estimate
  • the priest H3548 (כֹּהֵן) — literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)

13 But if he will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • But if he will at all H1350 (גָּאַל) — to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e. to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
  • redeem H1350 (גָּאַל) — to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e. to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
  • it, then he shall add H3254 (יָסַף) — to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
  • a fifth H2549 (חֲמִישִׁי) — fifth; also a fifth
  • thereof unto thy estimation H6187 (עֵרֶךְ) — a pile, equipment, estimate

14 And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto Jehovah, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And when a man H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
  • shall sanctify H6942 (קָדַשׁ) — to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
  • his house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
  • holy H6944 (קֹדֶשׁ) — a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
  • unto Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • then the priest H3548 (כֹּהֵן) — literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
  • shall estimate H6186 (עָרַךְ) — to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
  • it, whether it be good H2896 (טוֹב) — good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good t…
  • or bad H7451 (רַע) — bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
  • as the priest H3548 (כֹּהֵן) — literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
  • it, so shall it stand H6965 (קוּם) — to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

15 And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his.

Cross references & Strong's
Cross references (TSK): Leviticus 5:16 · Leviticus 27:13 · Leviticus 27:27
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And if he that sanctified H6942 (קָדַשׁ) — to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
  • it will redeem H1350 (גָּאַל) — to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e. to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
  • his house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
  • then he shall add H3254 (יָסַף) — to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
  • the fifth H2549 (חֲמִישִׁי) — fifth; also a fifth
  • of the money H3701 (כֶּסֶף) — silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
  • of thy estimation H6187 (עֵרֶךְ) — a pile, equipment, estimate

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

Cross references & Strong's
Cross references (TSK): Isaiah 5:10 · Hosea 3:2 · Acts 4:34 · Acts 5:4
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And if a man H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
  • shall sanctify H6942 (קָדַשׁ) — to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
  • unto Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • of a field H7704 (שָׂדֶה) — a field (as flat)
  • of his possession H272 (אֲחֻזָּה) — something seized, i.e. a possession (especially of land)
  • then thy estimation H6187 (עֵרֶךְ) — a pile, equipment, estimate
  • shall be according H6310 (פֶּה) — the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) acc…
  • to the seed H2233 (זֶרַע) — seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
  • thereof: an homer H2563 (חֹמֶר) — properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure
  • of barley H8184 (שְׂעֹרָה) — barley (as villose)
  • seed H2233 (זֶרַע) — seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
  • at fifty H2572 (חֲמִשִּׁים) — fifty
  • shekels H8255 (שֶׁקֶל) — probably a weight; used as a commercial standard
  • of silver H3701 (כֶּסֶף) — silver (from its pale color); by implication, money

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

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • If he sanctify H6942 (קָדַשׁ) — to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
  • his field H7704 (שָׂדֶה) — a field (as flat)
  • from the year H8141 (שָׁנֶה) — a year (as a revolution of time)
  • of jubile H3104 (יוֹבֵל) — the blast of a horn (from its continuous sound); specifically, the signal of the silver trumpets; hence, the instrument itself and the festival thus introduced
  • according to thy estimation H6187 (עֵרֶךְ) — a pile, equipment, estimate
  • it shall stand H6965 (קוּם) — to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

18 But if he sanctify his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain unto the year of jubilee; and an abatement shall be made from thy estimation.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • But if he sanctify H6942 (קָדַשׁ) — to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
  • his field H7704 (שָׂדֶה) — a field (as flat)
  • after H310 (אַחַר) — properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
  • the jubile H3104 (יוֹבֵל) — the blast of a horn (from its continuous sound); specifically, the signal of the silver trumpets; hence, the instrument itself and the festival thus introduced
  • then the priest H3548 (כֹּהֵן) — literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
  • shall reckon H2803 (חָשַׁב) — properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); h…
  • unto him the money H3701 (כֶּסֶף) — silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
  • according to H6310 (פֶּה) — the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) acc…
  • the years H8141 (שָׁנֶה) — a year (as a revolution of time)
  • that remain H3498 (יָתַר) — to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively to leave, cause to abound, preserve
  • even unto the year H8141 (שָׁנֶה) — a year (as a revolution of time)
  • of the jubile H3104 (יוֹבֵל) — the blast of a horn (from its continuous sound); specifically, the signal of the silver trumpets; hence, the instrument itself and the festival thus introduced
  • and it shall be abated H1639 (גָּרַע) — to scrape off; by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold
  • from thy estimation H6187 (עֵרֶךְ) — a pile, equipment, estimate

19 And if he that sanctified the field will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him.

Cross references & Strong's
Cross references (TSK): Leviticus 27:13
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And if he that sanctified H6942 (קָדַשׁ) — to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
  • the field H7704 (שָׂדֶה) — a field (as flat)
  • will in any wise H1350 (גָּאַל) — to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e. to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
  • redeem H1350 (גָּאַל) — to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e. to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
  • it, then he shall add H3254 (יָסַף) — to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
  • the fifth H2549 (חֲמִישִׁי) — fifth; also a fifth
  • of the money H3701 (כֶּסֶף) — silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
  • of thy estimation H6187 (עֵרֶךְ) — a pile, equipment, estimate
  • unto it, and it shall be assured H6965 (קוּם) — to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

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:

Cross references & Strong's
Cross references (TSK): Leviticus 27:24
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And if he will not redeem H1350 (גָּאַל) — to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e. to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
  • the field H7704 (שָׂדֶה) — a field (as flat)
  • or if he have sold H4376 (מָכַר) — to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
  • to another H312 (אַחֵר) — properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.
  • man H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
  • it shall not be redeemed H1350 (גָּאַל) — to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e. to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)

21 but the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee, shall be holy unto Jehovah, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest’s.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • But the field H7704 (שָׂדֶה) — a field (as flat)
  • when it goeth out H3318 (יָצָא) — to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
  • in the jubile H3104 (יוֹבֵל) — the blast of a horn (from its continuous sound); specifically, the signal of the silver trumpets; hence, the instrument itself and the festival thus introduced
  • shall be holy H6944 (קֹדֶשׁ) — a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
  • unto Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • as a field H7704 (שָׂדֶה) — a field (as flat)
  • devoted H2764 (חֵרֶם) — physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstractly extermination
  • the possession H272 (אֲחֻזָּה) — something seized, i.e. a possession (especially of land)
  • thereof shall be the priest’s H3548 (כֹּהֵן) — literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)

22 And if he sanctify unto Jehovah a field which he hath bought, which is not of the field of his possession;

Cross references & Strong's
Cross references (TSK): Leviticus 25:10 · Leviticus 25:25
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • sanctify H6942 (קָדַשׁ) — to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
  • unto Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • a field H7704 (שָׂדֶה) — a field (as flat)
  • which he hath bought H4736 (מִקְנָה) — properly, a buying, i.e. acquisition; concretely, a piece of property (land or living); also the sum paid
  • not of the fields H7704 (שָׂדֶה) — a field (as flat)
  • of his possession H272 (אֲחֻזָּה) — something seized, i.e. a possession (especially of land)

23 then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation unto the year of jubilee: and he shall give thine estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto Jehovah.

Cross references & Strong's
Cross references (TSK): Leviticus 27:12 · Leviticus 27:18
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Then the priest H3548 (כֹּהֵן) — literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
  • shall reckon H2803 (חָשַׁב) — properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); h…
  • unto him the worth H4373 (מִכְסָה) — an enumeration; by implication, a valuation
  • of thy estimation H6187 (עֵרֶךְ) — a pile, equipment, estimate
  • unto the year H8141 (שָׁנֶה) — a year (as a revolution of time)
  • of the jubile H3104 (יוֹבֵל) — the blast of a horn (from its continuous sound); specifically, the signal of the silver trumpets; hence, the instrument itself and the festival thus introduced
  • and he shall give H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • thine estimation H6187 (עֵרֶךְ) — a pile, equipment, estimate
  • in that day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
  • a holy thing H6944 (קֹדֶשׁ) — a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
  • unto Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God

24 In the year of jubilee the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land belongeth.

Cross references & Strong's
Cross references (TSK): Leviticus 25:28 · Leviticus 27:20
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • In the year H8141 (שָׁנֶה) — a year (as a revolution of time)
  • of the jubile H3104 (יוֹבֵל) — the blast of a horn (from its continuous sound); specifically, the signal of the silver trumpets; hence, the instrument itself and the festival thus introduced
  • the field H7704 (שָׂדֶה) — a field (as flat)
  • shall return H7725 (שׁוּב) — to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally…
  • unto him of whom it was bought H7069 (קָנָה) — to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
  • to him to whom the possession H272 (אֲחֻזָּה) — something seized, i.e. a possession (especially of land)
  • of the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

25 And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And all thy estimations H6187 (עֵרֶךְ) — a pile, equipment, estimate
  • shall be according to the shekel H8255 (שֶׁקֶל) — probably a weight; used as a commercial standard
  • of the sanctuary H6944 (קֹדֶשׁ) — a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
  • twenty H6242 (עֶשְׂרִים) — twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
  • gerahs H1626 (גֵּרָה) — a gerah or small weight (and coin)
  • shall be the shekel H8255 (שֶׁקֶל) — probably a weight; used as a commercial standard

26 Only the firstling among beasts, which is made a firstling to Jehovah, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox or sheep, it is Jehovah’s.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Only the firstling H1060 (בְּכוֹר) — first-born; hence, chief
  • of the beasts H929 (בְּהֵמָה) — properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
  • which should be Yhwh’s H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • firstling H1069 (בָּכַר) — to give the birthright
  • no man H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
  • shall sanctify H6942 (קָדַשׁ) — to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
  • ox H7794 (שׁוֹר) — a bullock (as a traveller)
  • or sheep H7716 (שֶׂה) — a member of a flock, i.e. a sheep or goat
  • Yhwh’s H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God

27 And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall ransom it according to thine estimation, and shall add unto it the fifth part thereof: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • of an unclean H2931 (טָמֵא) — foul in a religious sense
  • beast H929 (בְּהֵמָה) — properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
  • then he shall redeem H6299 (פָּדָה) — to sever, i.e. ransom; generally to release, preserve
  • according to thine estimation H6187 (עֵרֶךְ) — a pile, equipment, estimate
  • and shall add H3254 (יָסַף) — to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
  • a fifth H2549 (חֲמִישִׁי) — fifth; also a fifth
  • of it thereto: or if it be not redeemed H1350 (גָּאַל) — to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e. to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
  • then it shall be sold H4376 (מָכַר) — to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
  • according to thy estimation H6187 (עֵרֶךְ) — a pile, equipment, estimate

28 Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto Jehovah of all that he hath, whether of man or beast, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto Jehovah.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Notwithstanding no devoted thing H2764 (חֵרֶם) — physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstractly extermination
  • that a man H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
  • shall devote H2763 (חָרַם) — to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose
  • unto Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • of man H120 (אָדָם) — ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
  • and beast H929 (בְּהֵמָה) — properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
  • and of the field H7704 (שָׂדֶה) — a field (as flat)
  • of his possession H272 (אֲחֻזָּה) — something seized, i.e. a possession (especially of land)
  • shall be sold H4376 (מָכַר) — to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
  • or redeemed H1350 (גָּאַל) — to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e. to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
  • every devoted thing H2764 (חֵרֶם) — physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstractly extermination
  • most H6944 (קֹדֶשׁ) — a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
  • holy H6944 (קֹדֶשׁ) — a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity

29 No one devoted, that shall be devoted from among men, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • None devoted H2764 (חֵרֶם) — physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstractly extermination
  • which shall be H3808 (לֹא) — not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
  • devoted H2763 (חָרַם) — to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose
  • of men H120 (אָדָם) — ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
  • shall be redeemed H6299 (פָּדָה) — to sever, i.e. ransom; generally to release, preserve
  • shall surely H4191 (מוּת) — to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
  • be put to death H4191 (מוּת) — to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is Jehovah’s: it is holy unto Jehovah.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And all the tithe H4643 (מַעֲשֵׂר) — a tenth; especially a tithe
  • of the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • of the seed H2233 (זֶרַע) — seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
  • of the fruit H6529 (פְּרִי) — fruit (literally or figuratively)
  • of the tree H6086 (עֵץ) — a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
  • Yhwh’s H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • holy H6944 (קֹדֶשׁ) — a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
  • unto Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God

31 And if a man will redeem aught of his tithe, he shall add unto it the fifth part thereof.

Cross references & Strong's
Cross references (TSK): Leviticus 5:16 · Leviticus 27:27 · 2 Kings 12:4
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And if a man H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
  • will at all H1350 (גָּאַל) — to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e. to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
  • redeem H1350 (גָּאַל) — to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e. to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
  • of his tithes H4643 (מַעֲשֵׂר) — a tenth; especially a tithe
  • he shall add H3254 (יָסַף) — to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
  • thereto the fifth H2549 (חֲמִישִׁי) — fifth; also a fifth

32 And all the tithe of the herd or the flock, whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto Jehovah.

Cross references & Strong's
Cross references (TSK): Genesis 28:22 · Numbers 18:21 · Jeremiah 33:13 · Micah 7:14
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And concerning the tithe H4643 (מַעֲשֵׂר) — a tenth; especially a tithe
  • of the herd H1241 (בָּקָר) — a beeve or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
  • or of the flock H6629 (צֹאן) — a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
  • of whatsoever passeth H5674 (עָבַר) — to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation…
  • under the rod H7626 (שֵׁבֶט) — a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
  • the tenth H6224 (עֲשִׂירִי) — tenth; by abbreviation, tenth month or (feminine) part
  • shall be holy H6944 (קֹדֶשׁ) — a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
  • unto Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God

33 He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.

Cross references & Strong's
Cross references (TSK): Leviticus 27:10
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • He shall not search H1239 (בָּקַר) — properly, to plough, or (generally) break forth, i.e. (figuratively) to inspect, admire, care for, consider
  • whether it be good H2896 (טוֹב) — good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good t…
  • or bad H7451 (רַע) — bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
  • neither shall he change H4171 (מוּר) — to alter; by implication, to barter, to dispose of
  • it: and if he change H4171 (מוּר) — to alter; by implication, to barter, to dispose of
  • it at all H4171 (מוּר) — to alter; by implication, to barter, to dispose of
  • then both it and the change H8545 (תְּמוּרָה) — barter, compensation
  • thereof shall be holy H6944 (קֹדֶשׁ) — a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
  • it shall not be redeemed H1350 (גָּאַל) — to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e. to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)

34 These are the commandments, which Jehovah commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • the commandments H4687 (מִצְוָה) — a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
  • which Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • commanded H6680 (צָוָה) — (intensively) to constitute, enjoin
  • Moses H4872 (מֹשֶׁה) — Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
  • for the children H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
  • of Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
  • in mount H2022 (הַר) — a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
  • Sinai H5514 (סִינַי) — Sinai, mountain of Arabia