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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/leviticus/27.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/leviticus/27.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />If the owner wishes to redeem the animal, a fifth must be added to its value.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/27.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />If you want to buy back the animal, you must pay the value set by the priest, plus 20 percent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/27.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />But if he wishes to redeem it, he shall add a fifth to the valuation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/27.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />If, however, the owner decides to redeem the animal, he must add a fifth to its value.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/27.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth <i>part</i> thereof unto thy estimation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/27.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But if he <i>wants</i> at all <i>to</i> redeem it, then he must add one-fifth to your valuation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/27.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But if he should ever <i>want to</i> redeem it, then he shall add a fifth of it to your assessment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/27.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />But if he should ever wish to redeem it, then he shall add one-fifth of it to your valuation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/27.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘But if he should ever <i>wish to</i> redeem it, then he shall add one-fifth of it to your valuation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/27.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But if he should ever <i>wish to</i> redeem it, then he shall add one-fifth of it to your valuation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/27.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But if he ever <i>wishes to</i> redeem it, then he shall add one-fifth of it to your valuation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/27.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If the one who brought it decides to redeem it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/27.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If the one who brought it decides to redeem it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/27.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But if he will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/27.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But if you want to buy it back, you must pay an additional 20 percent. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/27.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But if he will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/27.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />If you want to buy it back, you must pay its full value plus one-fifth more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/27.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />If you wish to buy it back, you must pay the price plus an additional 20 percent. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/27.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />If a kinsman redeemer decides to redeem it, then he is to add a fifth to your valuation."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/27.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />If, however, the owner decides to redeem the animal, he must add a fifth to its value.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/27.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />If, however, the person who made the vow redeems the animal, he must add one fifth to its conversion value. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/27.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But if he will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of it to its valuation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/27.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part of it to thy estimation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/27.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But if he will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of it to its valuation. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/27.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and if he really redeems it, then he has added its fifth to your valuation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/27.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and if he really redeem it, then he hath added its fifth to thy valuation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/27.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And if redeeming, he shall redeem it, and he shall add its fifth upon thy estimation.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/27.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Which if he that offereth it will give, he shall add above the estimation the fifth part. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/27.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But if he who offers it was willing to give, he shall add a fifth part above the estimation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/27.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />If the offerer wishes to redeem the animal, the person shall pay one fifth more than this valuation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/27.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But if it is to be redeemed, one-fifth must be added to the assessment.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/27.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But if he wishes to redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part to its valuation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/27.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And if he will certainly redeem it, he shall add one fifth to its price.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/27.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But if he will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part thereof unto thy valuation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/27.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And if <i>the worshipper</i> will at all redeem it, he shall add the fifth part to its value.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/27-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=7634" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/27.htm">Rules about Valuations</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>The priest shall set its value, whether high or low; as the priest values it, the price will be set. <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: wə·’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">If, however, the owner</a> <a href="/hebrew/1350.htm" title="1350: gā·’ōl (V-Qal-InfAbs) -- To redeem, act as kinsman. A primitive root, to redeem, i.e. To be the next of kin.">decides to redeem the animal,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1350.htm" title="1350: yiḡ·’ā·len·nāh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms:: 3fse) -- To redeem, act as kinsman. A primitive root, to redeem, i.e. To be the next of kin."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3254.htm" title="3254: wə·yā·sap̄ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To add. A primitive root; to add or augment.">he must add</a> <a href="/hebrew/2549.htm" title="2549: ḥă·mî·ši·ṯōw (Number-ofsc:: 3ms) -- Fifth. Or chamishshiy; ord. From chamesh; fifth; also a fifth.">a fifth</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/6187.htm" title="6187: ‘er·ke·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- An order, row, estimate. From arak; a pile, equipment, estimate.">its value.</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>Now if a man consecrates his house as holy to the LORD, then the priest shall value it either as good or bad. The price will stand just as the priest values it.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/18-15.htm">Numbers 18:15-16</a></span><br />The firstborn of every womb, whether man or beast, that is offered to the LORD belongs to you. But you must surely redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals. / You are to pay the redemption price for a month-old male according to your valuation: five shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/30-12.htm">Exodus 30:12-16</a></span><br />“When you take a census of the Israelites to number them, each man must pay the LORD a ransom for his life when he is counted. Then no plague will come upon them when they are numbered. / Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD. / Everyone twenty years of age or older who crosses over must give this offering to the LORD. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-22.htm">Deuteronomy 14:22-23</a></span><br />You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields. / And you are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks, in the presence of the LORD your God at the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/24-24.htm">2 Samuel 24:24</a></span><br />“No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/10-32.htm">Nehemiah 10:32-33</a></span><br />We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God: / for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moons and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the duties of the house of our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-8.htm">Malachi 3:8-10</a></span><br />Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings. / You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me. / Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/17-24.htm">Matthew 17:24-27</a></span><br />After they had arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, “Does your Teacher pay the two drachmas?” / “Yes,” he answered. When Peter entered the house, Jesus preempted him. “What do you think, Simon?” He asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect customs and taxes: from their own sons, or from others?” / “From others,” Peter answered. “Then the sons are exempt,” Jesus said to him. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/20-22.htm">Luke 20:22-25</a></span><br />Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?” / But Jesus saw through their duplicity and said to them, / “Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” “Caesar’s,” they answered. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-1.htm">Romans 12:1</a></span><br />Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-20.htm">1 Corinthians 6:20</a></span><br />you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-23.htm">1 Corinthians 7:23</a></span><br />You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/8-12.htm">2 Corinthians 8:12</a></span><br />For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-7.htm">2 Corinthians 9:7</a></span><br />Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/6-6.htm">Galatians 6:6</a></span><br />Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word must share in all good things with his instructor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/4-18.htm">Philippians 4:18</a></span><br />I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof to your estimation.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/27-10.htm">Leviticus 27:10,15,19</a></b></br> He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/5-16.htm">Leviticus 5:16</a></b></br> And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/6-4.htm">Leviticus 6:4,5</a></b></br> Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found, … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/22-14.htm">Add</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-18.htm">Added</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-11.htm">Animal</a> <a href="/exodus/34-24.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-8.htm">Estimation</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-5.htm">Fifth</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-5.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-5.htm">One-Fifth</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-53.htm">Owner</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-51.htm">Part</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-10.htm">Really</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-49.htm">Redeem</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-10.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-12.htm">Valuation</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-12.htm">Value</a> <a href="/exodus/16-3.htm">Wish</a> <a href="/genesis/24-57.htm">Wishes</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/27-15.htm">Add</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-15.htm">Added</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-26.htm">Animal</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-15.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-15.htm">Estimation</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-15.htm">Fifth</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-19.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-15.htm">One-Fifth</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-15.htm">Owner</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-15.htm">Part</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-19.htm">Really</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-15.htm">Redeem</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-16.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-15.htm">Valuation</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-14.htm">Value</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-15.htm">Wish</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-15.htm">Wishes</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 27</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/27-1.htm">He who makes a singular vow must be the Lord's</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/27-3.htm">The estimation of the person</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/27-9.htm">of a beast given by vow</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/27-14.htm">of a house</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/27-16.htm">of a field, and the redemption thereof</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/27-28.htm">No devoted thing may be redeemed</a></span><br><span class="reftext">30. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/27-30.htm">The tithe may not be changed</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The chapter outlines how individuals could dedicate people, animals, houses, and fields to God. The owner here is someone who has dedicated an animal to the Lord but now wishes to reclaim it. This reflects the ancient Israelite practice of making vows and the importance of fulfilling them. The concept of redemption is significant throughout Scripture, symbolizing the act of reclaiming or buying back something that was given up. This can be seen as a type of Christ, who redeems humanity.<p><b>he must add a fifth to its value.</b><br>The requirement to add a fifth (20%) to the animal's value if the owner wishes to redeem it underscores the seriousness of making a vow to God. This additional cost serves as a deterrent against making rash vows and emphasizes the sanctity of commitments made to the Lord. The principle of adding a fifth is consistent with other Levitical laws, such as in <a href="/leviticus/5-16.htm">Leviticus 5:16</a>, where restitution for a guilt offering also required an additional fifth. This reflects God's justice and the importance of integrity in worship. The concept of redemption with an added cost can be seen as a foreshadowing of the ultimate redemption through Christ, who paid the full price for humanity's sins.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The author of Leviticus, who received the laws from God on Mount Sinai and communicated them to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people to whom the laws in Leviticus were given, forming the covenant community of God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/a/animal.htm">Animal</a></b><br>Refers to the animals that could be vowed to the Lord and then redeemed by the owner.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/tabernacle.htm">Tabernacle</a></b><br>The place where offerings and vows were made, serving as the center of worship for the Israelites.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/priests.htm">Priests</a></b><br>The mediators between God and the Israelites, responsible for overseeing the fulfillment of vows and offerings.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_redemption.htm">Understanding Redemption</a></b><br>The concept of redemption in <a href="/leviticus/27-13.htm">Leviticus 27:13</a> illustrates the cost of reclaiming what is dedicated to God. It reminds us of the ultimate redemption through Christ, who paid the price for our sins.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/v/value_of_commitment.htm">Value of Commitment</a></b><br>Adding a fifth to the value signifies the importance of fulfilling commitments to God. It teaches us to honor our promises and be faithful stewards of what we dedicate to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_in_offerings.htm">Holiness in Offerings</a></b><br>The requirement to add a fifth underscores the holiness of offerings made to God. It calls us to approach our worship and service with reverence and sincerity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/principle_of_restitution.htm">Principle of Restitution</a></b><br>The law of adding a fifth reflects the broader biblical principle of restitution, encouraging us to make amends and restore what is due in our relationships with others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/integrity_in_worship.htm">Integrity in Worship</a></b><br>This passage challenges us to examine our motives and integrity in worship, ensuring that our offerings and vows are genuine expressions of devotion to God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_27.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 27</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_types_of_laws_are_in_the_bible.htm">What types of laws are in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_consecrated_lands_go_to_priests.htm">Leviticus 27:21: How could God's law ordain that consecrated lands revert to the priests, potentially creating a power imbalance?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_emphasize_ot_laws_if_christ_ends_them.htm">Romans 10:4: If Christ ends the law, why do later passages still emphasize certain aspects of Old Testament regulations?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_calamities_from_neglected_tithes.htm">If Numbers 18:30-32 implies divine favor for faithful tithers, is there historical or archaeological evidence of widespread calamities resulting from neglected tithes?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/27.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) <span class= "bld">But if he will at all redeem it.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">and if he wishes to redeem it, </span>that is, the man himself who vowed it for the sanctuary. The estimate put upon the animal in question was intended for anyone who wished to purchase it, not excluding, however, the person who vowed it.<p><span class= "bld">He shall add a fifth part.</span>--Whilst anyone else could purchase the animal at the valuation put upon it by the priest, its former owner is to pay a fifth more than the valuation price. This was probably intended as a fine for taking back a thing which he promised to the Lord. For the way in which the fifth part was computed during the second Temple see <a href="/leviticus/5-16.htm" title="And he shall make amends for the harm that he has done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it to the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.">Leviticus 5:16</a>.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/27-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">But if [the owner]</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאִם־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">ever decides to redeem [the animal],</span><br /><span class="heb">גָּאֹ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(gā·’ōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1350.htm">Strong's 1350: </a> </span><span class="str2">To redeem, act as kinsman</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he must add</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיָסַ֥ף</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yā·sap̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3254.htm">Strong's 3254: </a> </span><span class="str2">To add, augment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a fifth</span><br /><span class="heb">חֲמִישִׁת֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥă·mî·ši·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - ordinal feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2549.htm">Strong's 2549: </a> </span><span class="str2">Fifth, a fifth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the value.</span><br /><span class="heb">עֶרְכֶּֽךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘er·ke·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6187.htm">Strong's 6187: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pile, equipment, estimate</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/27-13.htm">Leviticus 27:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/27-13.htm">Leviticus 27:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/27-13.htm">Leviticus 27:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/27-13.htm">Leviticus 27:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/27-13.htm">Leviticus 27:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/27-13.htm">Leviticus 27:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/27-13.htm">Leviticus 27:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/27-13.htm">Leviticus 27:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/27-13.htm">Leviticus 27:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/27-13.htm">Leviticus 27:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/27-13.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 27:13 But if he will indeed redeem it (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/27-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 27:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 27:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/27-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 27:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 27:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>