Leviticus 27:16

If a man consecrates to the LORD a parcel of his land, then your valuation shall be proportional to the seed required for it—fifty shekels of silver for every homer of barley seed.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Yahweh speaks through Moses to Israel while establishing the legal procedures for redeeming consecrated property. The words — The Hebrew עֶרְכֶּךָ ('erkekha) means "your valuation," and יַקְדִּישׁ (yakdîsh) means "he will set apart as holy." The thread — The homer appears in Isaiah 5:10 and Hosea 3:2 as a measure for barley seed, while Ezekiel 45:11 defines it as a standard dry-goods volume alongside the ephah and bath. Why it lands — The text requires a fixed silver payment for consecrated land calculated by seed capacity rather than market price. A reader must apply this proportional valuation when managing vows or tithes.

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The Hebrew words

וְאִ֣ם׀ve./'Imand/ if מִשְּׂדֵ֣הmi./se.Dehsome of/ [the] field of אֲחֻזָּת֗וֹ'a.chu.za.T/opossession/ his יַקְדִּ֥ישׁyak.Dishhe will set apart as holy אִישׁ֙'ishanyone לַֽיהוָ֔הla./Yah.wehto/ Yahweh וְהָיָ֥הve./ha.Yahand/ it will be עֶרְכְּךָ֖'er.ke./Khavaluation/ your לְפִ֣יle./Fito/ [the] mouth of זַרְע֑וֹzar.'/Oseed/ its זֶ֚רַעZe.ra'seed of חֹ֣מֶרCho.mera homer of שְׂעֹרִ֔יםse.'o.Rimbarley<s>בַּחֲמִשִּׁ֖יםba./cha.mi.Shimfor/ fifty שֶׁ֥קֶלShe.kelshekel[s] of כָּֽסֶף׃Ka.sefsilver

King James Version

And if a man shall sanctify unto the Lord some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.

Cross-references

Isaiah 5:10 For ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.”
Ezekiel 45:11 The ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity so that the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure for both.
Hosea 3:2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.
Acts 4:34 There were no needy ones among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the proceeds from the sales,
Acts 5:4 Did it not belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How could you conceive such a deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God!”