Leviticus 27:13
If you then decide to buy the animal back, you have to add one-fifth to its value in payment.
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In The King James Version
But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 6:4If you have sinned and become guilty you must return what you have stolen or cheated from your victims, the deposit you took, the lost property you found,
Leviticus 27:10You are not allowed to replace it or swap it, either for one that is better or one that is worse. However, if you do replace it then both animals become holy.
Leviticus 27:19But if you want to buy your field back, you have to add one-fifth to its value in payment. Then it will belong to you again.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 27:2-14
The Law Concerning Vows. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the Lord by thy estimation. 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. 4 And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels. 5 And if it be from five years old even… Read the whole commentary →