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New King James Version

Leviticus 27:21

but the field, when it is released in the Jubilee, shall be holy to the LORD, as a devoted field; it shall be the possession of the priest.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jubilee;   Land;   Priest;   Property;   Redemption;   Vows;   Thompson Chain Reference - Dues, Priests';   Leaders;   Levites;   Ministers;   Priests;   Religious;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Dedication;   Feast of Jubilee, the;   Vows;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Anathema;   Vow;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Holiness;   Priest;   Redemption;   Sanctification;   Vow;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Jubilee, Year of;   Kinsman-Redeemer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Anathema;   Corban;   Festivals, Religious;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jubilee;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Accursed;   Avenger;   Festivals;   Leviticus;   Year of Jubilee;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronology of the New Testament;   Sabbatical Year;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jubilee;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Law of Moses;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Year;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Accursed;   Agrarian Laws;   Inheritance;   Jubilee Year;   Punishments;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Anathema;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - 'Arakin;   Commandments, the 613;   Estimate;   Sidra;   Valuation;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
but the field, when it goes out in the jubilee, shall be holy to the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession of it shall be the Kohen's.
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.
Lexham English Bible
and the field shall be a holy object for Yahweh when it goes out in the Jubilee, like a devoted field; it shall be the priest's property.
New Century Version
When the land is released at the year of Jubilee, it will become holy to the Lord , like land specially given to him. It will become the property of the priests.
New English Translation
When it reverts in the jubilee, the field will be holy to the Lord like a permanently dedicated field; it will become the priest's property.
Amplified Bible
'When the field reverts in the Jubilee, the field shall be holy to the LORD, like a field set apart (devoted); the priest shall possess it as his property.
New American Standard Bible
and when it reverts in the jubilee, the field shall be holy to the LORD, like a field banned from secular use; it shall be for the priest as his property.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But the field shalbe holy to the Lord, whe it goeth out in the Iubile, as a fielde separate from common vses: the possession thereof shall be the Priests.
Legacy Standard Bible
and it will be that when it reverts in the jubilee, the field shall be holy to Yahweh, like a field that is devoted; it shall be for the priest as his possession.
Contemporary English Version
When the Year of Celebration comes, the land becomes holy because it belongs to me, and it will be given to the priests.
Complete Jewish Bible
But when the purchaser has to vacate the field in the yovel, it will become holy to Adonai , like a field unconditionally consecrated; it will belong to the cohanim.
Darby Translation
and the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee, shall be holy to Jehovah, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's.
Easy-to-Read Version
If you don't buy the land back by the year of Jubilee, the field will remain holy to the Lord —it will belong to the priest forever. It will be treated like any other thing that was given completely to the Lord.
English Standard Version
But the field, when it is released in the jubilee, shall be a holy gift to the Lord , like a field that has been devoted. The priest shall be in possession of it.
George Lamsa Translation
But the field, when it is released in the jubilee, shall be holy to the LORD, as a field devoted; its possession shall be the priests.
Good News Translation
At the next Year of Restoration the field will become the Lord 's permanent property; it shall belong to the priests.
Christian Standard Bible®
When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will be holy to the Lord like a field permanently set apart; it becomes the priest’s property.
Literal Translation
And the field shall be holy to Jehovah when it goes out in the jubilee, as a field which is devoted. It shall be a possession to the priest.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
but the same londe whan it goeth out fre in ye yeare of Iubilye, shal be holy vnto the LORDE, as a dedicated felde, and shalbe the prestes inheritaunce.
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.
Bible in Basic English
But the field, when it becomes free at the year of Jubilee, will be holy to the Lord, as a field given under oath: it will be the property of the priest.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But when the fielde goeth out in the yere of Iubilee, and it shalbe holy vnto the Lord, euen as a fielde seperate from common vses, and it shalbe the priestes possession.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's.
King James Version (1611)
But the field, when it goeth out in the Iubile, shall be holy vnto the Lord, as a field deuoted: the possession thereof shalbe the Priests.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But the field shall be holy to the Lord after the release, as separated land; the priest shall have possession of it.
English Revised 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.
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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
for whanne the dai of iubilee cometh, it schal be halewid to the Lord, and the possessioun halewid perteyneth to the riyt of preestis.
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.
Update Bible Version
but the field, when it goes out in the jubilee, shall be holy to Yahweh, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's.
Webster's Bible Translation
But the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee, shall be holy to the LORD, as a field devoted: the possession of it shall be the priest's.
World English Bible
but the field, when it goes out in the jubilee, shall be holy to Yahweh, as a field devoted; the possession of it shall be the priest's.
New Living Translation
When the field is released in the Year of Jubilee, it will be holy, a field specially set apart for the Lord . It will become the property of the priests.
New Life Bible
And when the field becomes free in the Jubilee, it will be holy to the Lord, like a field set apart. It will belong to the religious leader.
New Revised Standard
But when the field is released in the jubilee, it shall be holy to the Lord as a devoted field; it becomes the priest's holding.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
so shall the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee, be holy unto Yahweh as a devoted, field, - to the priest, shall belong the possession thereof.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For when the day of jubilee cometh, it shall be sanctified to the Lord, and as a possession consecrated, pertaineth to the right of the priest.
Revised Standard Version
but the field, when it is released in the jubilee, shall be holy to the LORD, as a field that has been devoted; the priest shall be in possession of it.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and when it reverts in the jubilee, the field shall be holy to the LORD, like a field set apart; it shall be for the priest as his property.

Contextual Overview

14 "And when a man dedicates his house to be holy to the LORD, then the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall stand. 15 If he who dedicated it wants to redeem his house, then he must add one-fifth of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall be his. 16 "If a man dedicates to the LORD part of a field of his possession, then your valuation shall be according to the seed for it. A homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. 17 If he dedicates his field from the Year of Jubilee, according to your valuation it shall stand. 18 But if he dedicates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall reckon to him the money due according to the years that remain till the Year of Jubilee, and it shall be deducted from your valuation. 19 And if he who dedicates the field ever wishes to redeem it, then he must add one-fifth of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall belong to him. 20 But if he does not want to redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed anymore; 21 but the field, when it is released in the Jubilee, shall be holy to the LORD, as a devoted field; it shall be the possession of the priest. 22 "And if a man dedicates to the LORD a field which he has bought, which is not the field of his possession, 23 then the priest shall reckon to him the worth of your valuation, up to the Year of Jubilee, and he shall give your valuation on that day as a holy offering to the LORD.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

when: Leviticus 25:10, Leviticus 25:28, Leviticus 25:31

devoted: It is cherem, a thing so devoted to God, as never more to be capable of being redeemed. Leviticus 27:28, Leviticus 27:29, Deuteronomy 13:17, Joshua 6:17, Ezra 10:8, Ezekiel 44:29, *marg.

priest's: Numbers 18:14, Ezekiel 44:29

Reciprocal: Leviticus 27:14 - sanctify Ezekiel 48:12 - a thing

Cross-References

Genesis 27:12
Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be a deceiver to him; and I shall bring a curse on myself and not a blessing."
Psalms 73:28
But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, That I may declare all Your works.
Isaiah 57:19
"I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace to him who is far off and to him who is near," Says the LORD, "And I will heal him."
James 4:8
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee,.... Out of the hand of him that bought it:

shall be holy unto the Lord, as a field devoted; though it went out of the hand of the purchaser, it did not return to him that sanctified or devoted it, but was separated to sacred uses for the service of the Lord; for every devoted thing, whether of man, beast, or field, was most holy to the Lord, Leviticus 27:28;

the possession thereof shall be the priests'; it did not return to the treasurer of the sanctuary, who had sold it to another for the repair of the temple, as Jarchi observes, but as a devoted field it was given to the priests, as it is said, "everything devoted in Israel shall be thine", Numbers 18:14; and even this was divided, as he says, between the priests of that ward or course that happened to be on the day of atonement of the jubilee year: but in case it never was redeemed, but remained sanctified in the year of jubilee, the priests did not possess it without paying for it; and so the Jewish canon runs c,

"the jubilee comes, and the field is not redeemed, the priests enter into it, and pay the price of it;''

on which one of the commentators d observes, when anyone has redeemed it, the money becomes sacred for the repairs of the temple; and when the jubilee comes, it goes out (i.e. of the hands of the purchaser) to the priests freely; but if it is not redeemed, the priests must pay the price of fifty shekels, and take it; and if even it was bought by a priest before out of the hands of the treasurer, it went from him to his brethren the priests, in the year of jubilee: the rule is this,

"if any of the priests redeem it, and, lo, it is in his possession, he may not say, seeing it goes out to the priests in the year of jubilee, lo, it is in my possession, lo, it is mine, but it shall go out to all his brethren the priests e.''

c Misn. Eracin, c. 7. sect. 4. d Bartenora in ib. e Misn. Eracin, c. 7. sect. 3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Devoted - See Leviticus 27:28 note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Leviticus 27:21. As a field devoted — It is חרם cherem, a thing so devoted to God as never more to be capable of being redeemed. Leviticus 27:29.


 
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