Talált 20764 Eredmények: Or
If a man vows to consecrate his house to the Lord, the priest shall examine it and decide its worth. The valuation he makes shall be the price assigned to it, (Leviticus 27, 14)
and if the worshipper would redeem it, he must pay that price and a fifth besides, to recover possession of the house. (Leviticus 27, 15)
If a man vows to consecrate to the Lord some piece of land which is part of his patrimony, it must be valued according to the worth of its yield; if it takes eight bushels to seed it, the price fixed will be fifty silver pieces. (Leviticus 27, 16)
If he vows the field in the first year of a jubilee period, it must be estimated at its full worth; (Leviticus 27, 17)
but if some time has passed, then the priest will count up the years still left before the jubilee comes, and will lower the price accordingly. (Leviticus 27, 18)
And if the worshipper would redeem it, he must pay that price and a fifth besides, to recover the field. (Leviticus 27, 19)
If he does not wish to redeem it, and it is sold to some other, the worshipper has no further opportunity of redeeming it; (Leviticus 27, 20)
and when jubilee time comes round, it will be forfeit to the Lord; a consecrated piece of ground belongs to the priests by right. (Leviticus 27, 21)
If the piece of land consecrated to the Lord was bought, and not part of the worshipper’s ancestral property, (Leviticus 27, 22)
then the priest will reckon its value according to the number of years till jubilee time, and the worshipper will pay that sum to the Lord; (Leviticus 27, 23)
when the jubilee comes, it will go back to its former owner, who sold it, since it is part of his patrimony. (Leviticus 27, 24)
Every valuation must be made by sanctuary reckoning. The silver piece is worth twenty pence. (Leviticus 27, 25)