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.
Leviticus 27:21 in other translations
| BSB | 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. |
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| WEB | but the field, when it goes out in the Jubilee, shall be holy to the LORD, as a devoted field. It shall be owned by the priests. |
| ASV | 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 | 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. |
| DARBY | 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. |
| BBE | 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. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Leviticus 27:21 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…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
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 27:21 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Leviticus 27:21
- Ezekiel 44:29
They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.
- Numbers 18:14
Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.
- Leviticus 25:31
But 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 25:10
And 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 25:28
But 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.
- Joshua 6:17
And 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.
- Ezra 10:8
And 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 27:28-29
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. None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.
- Deuteronomy 13:17
And 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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Context
- Leviticus 27:20
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.
- 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.
- Leviticus 27:22
And if a man sanctify unto the Lord a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession;
Leviticus 27:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Sino que cuando saliere en el jubileo, la tierra será santa á Jehová, como tierra consagrada: la posesión de ella será del sacerdote. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et le champ, en étant libéré au Jubilé, sera saint, consacré à l’ Éternel, comme un champ voué; la possession en sera au sacrificateur. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und das Feld soll, wenn es im Jubeljahre frei ausgeht, Jehova heilig sein, wie ein verbanntes Feld; es soll dem Priester als Eigentum gehören. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quia cum jubilæi venerit dies, sanctificatus erit Domino, et possessio consecrata ad jus pertinet sacerdotum. |