KJV King James Version
But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest’s.
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Leviticus 27:21
But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest’s.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the LORD; it becomes the property of the priests.
WEB World English Bible
but the field, when it goes out in the Jubilee, shall be holy to Yahweh, as a field devoted; it shall be owned by the priests.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the field hath been, in its going out in the jubilee, holy to Jehovah as a field which is devoted; to the priest is its possession.
Surrounding context — Leviticus 27
18 But 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.
19 And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth [part] of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him.
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.
21 But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest’s.
22 And if [a man] sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought, which [is] not of the fields of his possession;
23 Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, [even] unto the year of the jubile: and he shall give thine estimation in that day, [as] a holy thing unto the LORD.
24 In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, [even] to him to whom the possession of the land [did belong].
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְהָיָ֨הH1961 · ha.yahto beהַשָּׂדֶ֜הH7704 · sa.daySirionבְּצֵאת֣וֹH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeבַיֹּבֵ֗לH3104 · yo.veljubilee/hornקֹ֛דֶשׁH6944 · qo.deshholinessלַֽיהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDכִּשְׂדֵ֣הH7704 · sa.daySirionהַחֵ֑רֶםH2764 · che.remdevoted thingלַכֹּהֵ֖ןH3548 · ko.henpriestתִּהְיֶ֥הH1961 · ha.yahto beאֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ׃H272 · a.chuz.zahpossession
Cross-references
Ezekiel 44:29They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.Numbers 18:14Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.Leviticus 25:10And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout [all] the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.Leviticus 25:31But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile.Leviticus 25:28But if he be not able to restore [it] to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.Ezra 10:8And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.Leviticus 27:28-29Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, [both] of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing [is] most holy unto the LORD.Joshua 6:17And the city shall be accursed, [even] it, and all that [are] therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that [are] with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.Deuteronomy 13:17And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;
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