Leviticus 27 · Verse 25

Leviticus 27:25

And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
Leviticus 27:25, King James Version

Leviticus 27:25 in other translations

BSBEvery valuation will be according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.
WEBAll your valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs to the shekel.
ASVAnd all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
YLTAnd all thy valuation is by the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs is the shekel.
DARBYAnd all thy valuation shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
BBEAnd let all your values be based on the shekel of the holy place, that is, twenty gerahs to the shekel.
WebsterAnd all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.

What does Leviticus 27:25 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 Shekel of the sanctuary - A standard shekel; the standard being kept in the sanctuary to try and regulate all the weights in the land by. See Gen 20:16; Gen 23:15.

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.

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Leviticus 27:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְכָל\־ve.kholand everyH3605
עֶרְכְּךָ֔'er.ke.Khavaluation yourH6187
יִהְיֶ֖הyih.Yehit will beH1961
בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלbe.She.kelby [the] shekel ofH8255
הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁha.Ko.deshthe holy placeH6944
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים'es.RimtwentyH6242
גֵּרָ֖הge.Rahgerah[s]H1626
יִהְיֶ֥הyih.Yehit will beH1961
הַשָּֽׁקֶל\׃\ \סha.Sha.kelthe shekelH8255

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Cross references for Leviticus 27:25

  • Exodus 30:13

    This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the Lord.

  • Numbers 3:47

    Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)

  • Numbers 18:16

    And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.

  • Ezekiel 45:12

    And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.

  • Leviticus 27:3

    And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And all.
3
to the shekel.A standard shekel; the standard being kept in the sanctuary, to try and regulate all the weights in the land by.
twenty.
Ex 30:13; Nu 3:47; 18:16; Eze 45:12

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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.

  • Leviticus 27:25

    And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.

  • Leviticus 27:26

    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.

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Leviticus 27:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y todo lo que apreciares será conforme al siclo del santuario: el siclo tiene veinte óbolos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et toute estimation que tu auras faite sera selon le sicle du sanctuaire: le sicle sera de 20 guéras.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und all deine Schätzung soll nach dem Sekel des Heiligtums geschehen; zwanzig Gera soll der Sekel sein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Omnis æstimatio siclo sanctuarii ponderabitur. Siclus viginti obolos habet.