KJV King James Version
And if [it be] of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem [it] according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth [part] of it thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Leviticus 27:27
And if [it be] of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem [it] according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth [part] of it thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But if it is among the unclean animals, then he may redeem it according to your valuation and add a fifth of its value. If it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.
WEB World English Bible
If it is an unclean animal, then he shall buy it back according to your valuation, and shall add to it the fifth part of it: or if it isn’t redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And if among the unclean beasts, then he hath ransomed it at thy valuation, and he hath added its fifth to it; and if it is not redeemed, then it hath been sold at thy valuation.
Surrounding context — Leviticus 27
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].
25 And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
26 Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD’S firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether [it be] ox, or sheep: it [is] the LORD’S.
27 And if [it be] of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem [it] according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth [part] of it thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.
28 Notwithstanding 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.
29 None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; [but] shall surely be put to death.
30 And all the tithe of the land, [whether] of the seed of the land, [or] of the fruit of the tree, [is] the LORD’S: [it is] holy unto the LORD.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְאִ֨םH518 · imifבַּבְּהֵמָ֤הH929 · be.he.mahanimalהַטְּמֵאָה֙H2931 · ta.meuncleanוּפָדָ֣הH6299 · pa.dahto ransomבְעֶרְכֶּ֔ךָH6187 · e.rekhvaluationוְיָסַ֥ףH3254 · ya.saphto add: againחֲמִשִׁת֖וֹH2549 · cha.mi.shififthעָלָ֑יוH5921 · aluponוְאִם־H518 · imifלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotיִגָּאֵ֖לH1350 · ga.alto redeem: redeemוְנִמְכַּ֥רH4376 · ma.kharto sellבְּעֶרְכֶּֽךָ׃H6187 · e.rekhvaluation
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