Leviticus 27:16

And 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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
man	אִישׁ֙ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
sanctify	יַקְדִּ֥ישׁ yak.Dish	H6942	to be (causatively · verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	לַֽיהוָ֔ה la.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · preposition + proper noun, a title
field	מִשְּׂדֵ֣ה mi.se.Deh	H7704	a field (as flat) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
possession	אֲחֻזָּת֗וֹ 'a.chu.za.To	H272	something seized · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
estimation	עֶרְכְּךָ֖ 'er.ke.Kha	H6187	a pile · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
according	לְפִ֣י le.Fi	H6310	the mouth (as the means of blowing) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
seed	זַרְע֑וֹ zar.'O	H2233	seed · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
homer	חֹ֣מֶר Cho.mer	H2563	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct
barley	שְׂעֹרִ֔ים se.'o.Rim	H8184	barley (as villose) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
seed	זֶ֚רַע Ze.ra'	H2233	seed · noun, common masculine singular construct
fifty	בַּחֲמִשִּׁ֖ים ba.cha.mi.Shim	H2572	fifty · preposition + cardinal number, masculine plural absolute
shekels	שֶׁ֥קֶל She.kel	H8255	probably a weight · noun, common masculine singular construct
silver	כָּֽסֶף Ka.sef	H3701	silver (from its pale color) · noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Isaiah 5:10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.
Ezekiel 45:11-14 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an hom…
Hosea 3:2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:
Acts 4:34-37 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the thi…
Acts 5:4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 27:14-25

Here is the law concerning real estates dedicated to the service of God by a singular vow. I. Suppose a man, in his zeal for the honour of God, should sanctify his house to God (Lev 27:14), the house must be valued by the priest, and the money got by the sale of it was to be converted to the use of the sanctuary, which by degrees came to be greatly enriched with dedicated things, Kg1 15:15. But, if the owner be inclined to redeem it himself, he must not have it so cheap as another, but must add a fifth part to the price, for he should have considered before he had vowed it, Lev 27:15. To him that was necessitous God would abate the estimation (Lev 27:8); but to him that was fickle and humour…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 27:16

if a man shall sanctify unto the Lord some aprt of a field of his possession, &c.--In the case of acquired property in land, if not redeemed, it returned to the donor at the Jubilee; whereas the part of a hereditary estate, which had been vowed, did not revert to the owner, but remained attached in perpetuity to the sanctuary. The reason for this remarkable difference was to lay every man under an obligation to redeem the property, or stimulate his nearest kinsman to do it, in order to prevent a patrimonial inheritance going out from any family in Israel.

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 27:16

Some part of a field - Though the preceding words are not in the text, yet it is generally allowed they should be supplied here, as it was not lawful for a man to vow his whole estate, and thus make his family beggars, in order to enrich the Lord's sanctuary: this God would not permit. The rabbins teach that the land or field, whether good or bad, was valued at forty-eight shekels, for all the years of the jubilee, provided the field was large enough to sow a homer of barley. The חמר chomer was different from the עמר omer: the latter held about three quarts, the former, seventy-five gallons three pints; See the note on Exo 16:16. Some suppose that the land was rated, not at fifty shekels for…

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Dictionary and topics

Barley — A grain much cultivated in Egypt (Ex. 9:31) and in Palestine (Lev. 27:16; Deut. 8:8). It was usually the food of horses (1 Kings 4:28). Barley bread was used by the poorer people (Judg. 7:13; 2 Kings…
Corban — A Hebrew word adopted into the Greek of the New Testament and left untranslated. It occurs only once (Mark 7:11). It means a gift or offering consecrated to God. Anything over which this word was…
Field — (Heb. sadeh), a cultivated field, but unenclosed. It is applied to any cultivated ground or pasture (Gen. 29:2; 31:4; 34:7), or tillage (Gen. 37:7; 47:24). It is also applied to woodland (Ps. 132:6)…
Homer — Heap, the largest of dry measures, containing about 8 bushels or 1 quarter English = 10 ephahs (Lev. 27:16; Num. 11:32) = a COR. (See OMER.) “Half a homer,” a grain measure mentioned only in Hos. 3:2.
Law of Moses — Is the whole body of the Mosaic legislation (1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 23:25; Ezra 3:2). It is called by way of eminence simply “the Law” (Heb. Torah, Deut. 1:5; 4:8, 44; 17:18, 19; 27:3, 8). As a written…
Weights And Measures — A. WEIGHTS.—The general principle of the present inquiry is to give the evidence of the monuments the preference on all doubtful points. All ancient Greek systems of weight were derived, either…
Barley · Priests estimated va — Priests estimated va
Dedication · Things dedicated to God: Law respecting the release of — Things dedicated to God: Law respecting the release of
Feast Of Jubilee, The · Value of devoted property calculated from — Value of devoted property calculated from
Measure · 6. A homer, about eleven bushels, equal to a cor or ten ephahs — 6. A homer, about eleven bushels, equal to a cor or ten ephahs

Leviticus 27:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 27:14-25

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 27:16

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 27:16

Dictionary and topics

Leviticus 27:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 27:14-25

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 27:16

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 27:16

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Leviticus 27:16

Keil & Delitzsch on Leviticus 27:16-25

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Leviticus 27:16-21

Rashi on Leviticus 27:16