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.
Leviticus 27:18 in other translations
| BSB | But if he consecrates his field after the Jubilee, the priest is to calculate the price in proportion to the years left until the next Year of Jubilee, so that your valuation will be reduced. |
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| WEB | But if he dedicates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain to the Year of Jubilee; and an abatement shall be made from your valuation. |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | and if after the jubilee he sanctify his field, then hath the priest reckoned to him the money according to the years which are left, unto the year of the jubilee, and it hath been abated from thy valuation. |
| DARBY | but if he hallow his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, until the year of the jubilee; and there shall be a reduction from thy valuation. |
| BBE | But if he gives his field after the year of Jubilee, the amount of the money will be worked out by the priest in relation to the number of years till the coming year of Jubilee, and the necessary amount will be taken off your value. |
| Webster | But if he shall sanctify his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain, even to the year of the jubilee, and it shall be abated from thy estimation. |
What does Leviticus 27:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 27:16-24
16-24. 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…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 27:14-25
Our houses, lands, cattle, and all our substance, must be used to the glory of God. It is acceptable to him that a portion be given to support his worship, and to promote his cause. But God would not approve such a degree of zeal as ruined a man's family.
Leviticus 27:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Leviticus 27:18
- Leviticus 25:15-16
According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee: According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.
- Leviticus 25:27
Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.
- Leviticus 25:51-52
If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for. And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption.
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Context
- Leviticus 27:17
If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy estimation it shall stand.
- 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.
- Leviticus 27:19
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.
Leviticus 27:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas si después del jubileo santificare su tierra, entonces el sacerdote hará la cuenta del dinero conforme á los años que quedaren hasta el año del jubileo, y se rebajará de tu estimación. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et si c’est après le Jubilé qu’il sanctifie son champ, le sacrificateur lui comptera l’argent à raison des années qui restent jusqu’à l’année du Jubilé, et il sera fait une réduction sur ton estimation. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und wenn er nach dem Jubeljahre sein Feld heiligt, so soll der Priester ihm das Geld berechnen nach dem Verhältnis der Jahre, die bis zum Jubeljahre übrig sind, und es soll von deiner Schätzung abgezogen werden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Sin autem post aliquantum temporis, supputabit sacerdos pecuniam juxta annorum, qui reliqui sunt, numerum usque ad jubilæum, et detrahetur ex pretio. |