Leviticus 27:13

If the owner wishes to redeem it, then a fifth of its value is to be added to its redemption price.

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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

12The priest will value it, by the market value of the animal. Whatever value the priest places on the animal, that will be its value.

14When a man sets apart his house as a holy gift to Yahweh, then the priest will set its value as either good or bad. Whatever the priest values it, so it will be.

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Cross References

Leviticus 6:4and if he has sinned and is found to be guilty, he must restore whatever he took by robbery or oppression, or that which was entrusted to him, or that which was lost but that he had found.

Leviticus 27:10The person must not alter or change such an animal, a good one for a bad one or a bad for a good. If he does at all change one animal for another, then both it and the one for which it is exchanged become holy.

Leviticus 27:19If the man who set apart the field wishes to redeem it, then he must add a fifth to the valuation, and it will belong to him.

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 →

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