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On that day he must give the assessed value of the land as a sacred donation to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/27.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />then the priest shall calculate the amount of the valuation for it up to the year of jubilee, and the man shall give the valuation on that day as a holy gift to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/27.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />then the priest shall calculate for him the value up to the Year of Jubilee, and the man shall pay the assessed value on that day as a sacred offering to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/27.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, <i>even</i> unto the year of the jubile: and he shall give thine estimation in that day, <i>as</i> a holy thing unto the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/27.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />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 <i>as</i> a holy <i>offering</i> to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/27.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />then the priest shall calculate for him the amount of your assessment up to the year of jubilee; and he shall on that day give your assessment as holy to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/27.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />then the priest shall calculate for him the amount of your valuation up to the year of jubilee; and he shall on that day give your valuation as holy to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/27.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />then the priest shall calculate for him the amount of your valuation up to the year of jubilee; and he shall on that day give your valuation as holy to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/27.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />then the priest shall calculate for him the amount of your valuation up to the year of jubilee; and he shall on that day give your valuation as holy to Yahweh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/27.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />then the priest shall calculate for him the amount of your valuation up to the Year of Jubilee; and the man shall give that [amount] on that day as a holy thing to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/27.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />then the priest will calculate for him the amount of the assessment up to the Year of Jubilee, and the person will pay the assessed value on that day as a holy offering to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/27.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />then the priest will calculate for him the amount of the assessment up to the Year of Jubilee, and the person will pay the assessed value on that day as a holy offering to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/27.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation unto the year of jubilee: and he shall give thine estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/27.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />its value will be decided by a priest, according to the number of years before the next Year of Celebration, and the money you pay will be mine. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/27.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation unto the year of jubile: and he shall give thine estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/27.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The priest must figure out the field's value until the jubilee year. You will pay its value on that day as something holy, belonging to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/27.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />the priest shall estimate its value according to the number of years until the next Year of Restoration, and you must pay the price that very day; the money belongs to the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/27.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />then the priest is to account to him the evaluated worth until the year of jubilee. Then he is to give the amount of valuation on that day as a holy gift to the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/27.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />then the priest shall calculate for him the value up to the Year of Jubilee, and the man shall pay the assessed value on that day as a sacred offering to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/27.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />the priest will calculate for him the amount of its conversion value until the jubilee year, and he must pay the conversion value on that jubilee day as something that is holy to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/27.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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 thing to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/27.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then the priest shall reckon to him the worth of thy estimation, even to the year of the jubilee, and he shall give thy estimation in that day, as a holy thing to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/27.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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 thing to Yahweh. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/27.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />then the priest has reckoned to him the amount of your valuation up to the Year of Jubilee, and he has given your valuation in that day [as] a holy thing to YHWH;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/27.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> then hath the priest reckoned to him the amount of thy valuation unto the year of jubilee, and he hath given thy valuation in that day -- a holy thing to Jehovah;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/27.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the priest reckoned to him the number of thy estimation till the year of jubilee: and he gave thy estimation in that day, holy to Jehovah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/27.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The priest shall reckon the price according to the number of years: unto the jubilee: and he that had vowed, shall give that to the Lord. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/27.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The priest shall evaluate the price according to the number of years until the Jubilee; and the one who had vowed it shall give to the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/27.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />the priest shall compute its value in proportion to the number of years until the next jubilee, and on the same day the person shall pay the price thus established, a sacred donation to the LORD;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/27.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />the priest shall compute for it the proportionate assessment up to the year of jubilee, and the assessment shall be paid as of that day, a sacred donation to the LORD.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/27.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then the priest shall reckon the valuation thereof until the year of jubilee; and he shall give the price of the valuation thereof in that day as a holy thing to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/27.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />The Priest will figure its price until the year of restoration and he will give its price in that day, holy to LORD JEHOVAH.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/27.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy valuation unto the year of jubilee; and he shall give thy valuation in that day, as a holy thing unto the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/27.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />the priest shall reckon to him the full valuation from the year of release, and he shall pay the valuation in that day <i>as</i> holy to the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/27-23.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=7728" 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">22</span>Now if a man consecrates to the LORD a field he has purchased, which is not a part of his own property, <span class="reftext">23</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: hak·kō·hên (Art:: N-ms) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">then the priest</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2803.htm" title="2803: wə·ḥiš·šaḇ- (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To think, account. ">shall calculate</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/4373.htm" title="4373: miḵ·saṯ (N-fsc) -- A computation. Feminine of mekec; an enumeration; by implication, a valuation.">for him the value</a> <a href="/hebrew/6187.htm" title="6187: hā·‘er·kə·ḵā (Art:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- An order, row, estimate. From arak; a pile, equipment, estimate."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">up to</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šə·naṯ (N-fsc) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">the Year</a> <a href="/hebrew/3104.htm" title="3104: hay·yō·ḇêl (Art:: N-ms) -- A ram, ram's horn (a wind instrument). ">of Jubilee,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: wə·nā·ṯan (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">and the man shall pay</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6187.htm" title="6187: hā·‘er·kə·ḵā (Art:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- An order, row, estimate. From arak; a pile, equipment, estimate.">the assessed value</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hū (Art:: Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">on that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bay·yō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/6944.htm" title="6944: qō·ḏeš (N-ms) -- Apartness, sacredness. From qadash; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity.">as a sacred offering</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">to the LORD.</a> </span><span class="reftext">24</span>In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to the one from whom it was bought—the original owner of the land.…<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/18-21.htm">Numbers 18:21-24</a></span><br />Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting. / No longer may the Israelites come near to the Tent of Meeting, or they will incur guilt and die. / The Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-22.htm">Deuteronomy 14:22-29</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. / But if the distance is too great for you to carry that with which the LORD your God has blessed you, because the place where the LORD your God will choose to put His Name is too far away, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-5.htm">2 Chronicles 31:5-6</a></span><br />As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously provided the firstfruits of the grain, new wine, oil, and honey, and of all the produce of the field, and they brought in an abundance—a tithe of everything. / And the Israelites and Judahites who lived in the cities of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things consecrated to the LORD their God, and they laid them in large heaps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/10-37.htm">Nehemiah 10:37-39</a></span><br />Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to the Levites, so that they shall receive tithes in all the towns where we labor. / A priest of Aaron’s line is to accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of these tithes to the storerooms of the treasury in the house of our God. / For the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers stay. Thus we will not neglect 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/23-23.htm">Matthew 23:23</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-42.htm">Luke 11:42</a></span><br />Woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/7-5.htm">Hebrews 7:5-9</a></span><br />Now the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they too are descended from Abraham. / But Melchizedek, who did not trace his descent from Levi, collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises. / And indisputably, the lesser is blessed by the greater. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/28-22.htm">Genesis 28:22</a></span><br />And this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth.”<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="/1_samuel/1-24.htm">1 Samuel 1:24-28</a></span><br />Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh. / And when they had slaughtered the bull, they brought the boy to Eli. / “Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/12-4.htm">2 Kings 12:4-5</a></span><br />Then Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as sacred gifts into the house of the LORD—the census money, the money from vows, and the money brought voluntarily into the house of the LORD. / Let every priest receive it from his constituency, and let it be used to repair any damage found in the temple.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-35.htm">2 Kings 23:35</a></span><br />So Jehoiakim paid the silver and gold to Pharaoh Neco, but to meet Pharaoh’s demand he taxed the land and exacted the silver and the gold from the people, each according to his wealth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-3.htm">1 Chronicles 29:3-5</a></span><br />Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give for it my personal treasures of gold and silver, over and above all that I have provided for this holy temple: / three thousand talents of gold (the gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the buildings, / for the gold work and the silver work, and for all the work to be done by the craftsmen. Now who is willing to consecrate himself to the LORD today?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/3-9.htm">Proverbs 3:9-10</a></span><br />Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your crops; / then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Then the priest shall reckon to him the worth of your estimation, even to the year of the jubilee: and he shall give your estimation in that day, as a holy thing to the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/27-12.htm">Leviticus 27:12,18</a></b></br> And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, <i>who art</i> the priest, so shall it be… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/27-18.htm">Amount</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-18.htm">Calculate</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-18.htm">Compute</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-18.htm">Determine</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-19.htm">Estimation</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-17.htm">Fixed</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-21.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-21.htm">Jubilee</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-8.htm">Pay</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-21.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-18.htm">Reckon</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-14.htm">Something</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-19.htm">Valuation</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-19.htm">Value</a> <a href="/genesis/27-46.htm">Worth</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_samuel/8-8.htm">Amount</a> <a href="/luke/14-28.htm">Calculate</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-52.htm">Compute</a> <a href="/job/34-4.htm">Determine</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-27.htm">Estimation</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-27.htm">Fixed</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-25.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-24.htm">Jubilee</a> <a href="/numbers/20-19.htm">Pay</a> <a href="/numbers/3-3.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/numbers/4-32.htm">Reckon</a> <a href="/numbers/16-30.htm">Something</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-25.htm">Valuation</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-25.htm">Value</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-18.htm">Worth</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 priest's role in calculating the value underscores the importance of religious authority in economic and social matters. This reflects the theocratic nature of Israelite society, where spiritual leaders also had administrative duties. The calculation up to the Year of Jubilee indicates a temporary valuation, acknowledging the cyclical reset of property rights and economic status, which is a unique feature of Israelite law compared to other ancient Near Eastern cultures.<p><b>and the man shall pay the assessed value on that day</b><br>The requirement for immediate payment emphasizes the seriousness and binding nature of vows and dedications to God. It reflects the principle of fulfilling one's commitments promptly, a theme echoed in other scriptures such as <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-4.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:4-5</a>, which warns against delaying vows to God. This immediate payment also ensured that the temple or tabernacle received the necessary resources to function, highlighting the community's responsibility to support religious institutions.<p><b>as a sacred offering to the LORD</b><br>The concept of offerings being sacred to the LORD is central to Levitical law, where offerings are not merely transactions but acts of worship and devotion. This phrase underscores the holiness of the act, setting it apart from ordinary economic exchanges. It reflects the broader biblical theme of dedicating the first and best to God, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/3-9.htm">Proverbs 3:9</a>. The sacred nature of the offering also points to the idea of consecration, where something is set apart for divine purposes, prefiguring the ultimate consecration seen in Jesus Christ, who is both the high priest and the perfect offering.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_priest.htm">The Priest</a></b><br>A mediator between God and the people, responsible for assessing the value of offerings and ensuring they are in accordance with God's laws.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_year_of_jubilee.htm">The Year of Jubilee</a></b><br>A significant time in Israel's calendar occurring every 50 years, marked by the release of debts, freeing of slaves, and return of property to original owners, symbolizing God's provision and mercy.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_man.htm">The Man</a></b><br>Refers to any Israelite who has vowed something to the Lord and is now required to fulfill that vow by paying its assessed value.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/h/holy_offering.htm">Holy Offering</a></b><br>A sacred contribution to the Lord, set apart from ordinary use, reflecting the worshiper's dedication and obedience to God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who establishes laws and principles for His people to live by, ensuring justice, mercy, and holiness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_the_role_of_the_priest.htm">Understanding the Role of the Priest</a></b><br>The priest acts as a mediator, highlighting the importance of spiritual leadership and accountability in our faith communities today.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/significance_of_the_year_of_jubilee.htm">Significance of the Year of Jubilee</a></b><br>The Year of Jubilee serves as a reminder of God's ultimate authority over time and possessions, encouraging us to trust in His provision and timing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/commitment_to_vows.htm">Commitment to Vows</a></b><br>Making and fulfilling vows to God is a serious matter, reflecting our integrity and dedication to Him. We should be mindful of our promises and strive to honor them.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_in_offerings.htm">Holiness in Offerings</a></b><br>Our offerings to God, whether material or spiritual, should be given with a heart of reverence and dedication, recognizing their sacred nature.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_and_mercy.htm">God's Provision and Mercy</a></b><br>The principles of Jubilee remind us of God's mercy and provision, encouraging us to extend grace and generosity to others in our lives.<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/how_did_david_use_the_ephod_for_guidance.htm">How did David consult the ephod for instant divine guidance in 1 Samuel 23:9-12 when similar direct communication is uncommon elsewhere in the Old Testament?</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/does_leviticus_27_7-8_promote_inequality.htm">Leviticus 27:7-8: How can the poor be expected to fulfill vow payments that might exceed their means, and does this system promote inequality?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_demand_execution_in_2_chron_15_13.htm">Why would a loving God demand the execution of anyone who refused to seek Him (2 Chronicles 15:13), conflicting with other biblical passages emphasizing mercy?</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>(23) <span class= "bld">Then the priest shall reckon unto him.</span>--In this case the vower is not to pay the low rate fixed for a field which is the family inheritance (see <a href="/leviticus/27-16.htm" title="And if a man shall sanctify to the LORD some part of a field of his possession, then your estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.">Leviticus 27:16</a>), but the priest is to value it in proportion to the number of crops which it will produce up to the year of jubile, in the same way as fields are valued in ordinary purchases. (See <a href="/context/leviticus/25-14.htm" title="And if you sell ought to your neighbor, or buy ought of your neighbor's hand, you shall not oppress one another:">Leviticus 25:14-16</a>.)<span class= "bld"><p>And he shall give thine estimation in that day.</span>--This valuation the vower or his relatives had to pay all at once, without, however, the additional fifth part of its value; whilst in the case of vowing an hereditary field, the vower had the advantage of paying the small sum by yearly installments.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/27-23.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">then the priest</span><br /><span class="heb">הַכֹּהֵ֗ן</span> <span class="translit">(hak·kō·hên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> </span><span class="str2">Priest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shall calculate</span><br /><span class="heb">וְחִשַּׁב־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḥiš·šaḇ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2803.htm">Strong's 2803: </a> </span><span class="str2">To think, account</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for him the value</span><br /><span class="heb">מִכְסַ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(miḵ·saṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4373.htm">Strong's 4373: </a> </span><span class="str2">An enumeration, a valuation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">up to</span><br /><span class="heb">עַ֖ד</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Year</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁנַ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(šə·naṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Jubilee,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיֹּבֵ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(hay·yō·ḇêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3104.htm">Strong's 3104: </a> </span><span class="str2">A ram, ram's horn (a wind instrument)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and [the man] shall pay</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנָתַ֤ן</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nā·ṯan)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the assessed value</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעֶרְכְּךָ֙</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘er·kə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | 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 /><br /><span class="word">on that</span><br /><span class="heb">הַה֔וּא</span> <span class="translit">(ha·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּיּ֣וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bay·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as a sacred offering</span><br /><span class="heb">קֹ֖דֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(qō·ḏeš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6944.htm">Strong's 6944: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sacred place, thing, sanctity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the LORD.</span><br /><span class="heb">לַיהוָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/27-23.htm">Leviticus 27:23 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/27-23.htm">Leviticus 27:23 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/27-23.htm">Leviticus 27:23 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/27-23.htm">Leviticus 27:23 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/27-23.htm">Leviticus 27:23 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/27-23.htm">Leviticus 27:23 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/27-23.htm">Leviticus 27:23 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/27-23.htm">Leviticus 27:23 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/27-23.htm">Leviticus 27:23 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/27-23.htm">Leviticus 27:23 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/27-23.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 27:23 Then the priest shall reckon to him (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/27-22.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 27:22"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 27:22" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/27-24.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 27:24"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 27:24" /></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>