Leviticus 27:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ “If a person consecrates to the Lord any inherited landholding, its assessment shall be in accordance with its seed requirements: fifty shekels of silver to a homer of barley seed.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And if a man shall dedicate to the Lord some part of a field of his possession, then your valuation shall be according to the seed [required] for it; [a sowing of] a homer of barley shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And if a man shall sanctify unto Jehovah part of the field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the sowing thereof: the sowing of a homer of barley shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ If a person dedicates part of the land from their family property to the LORD, the value will be set according to the seed needed to plant it: fifty silver shekels per homer of barley seed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ But if he has vowed a field of his possession, and has consecrated it to the Lord, the price shall be estimated according to the measure of the seed. If the land would be sown with thirty measures of barley, then let it be sold for fifty shekels of silver.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And if he vow the field of his possession, and consecrate it to the Lord, the price shall be rated according to the measure of the seed. If the ground be sown with thirty bushels of barley, let it be sold for fifty sicles of silver.

Leviticus 27:16 Cross References

Isaiah 5:10

For ten acres of vineyard shall yield but one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield a mere ephah.

Hosea 3:2

So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer of barley and a measure of wine.

Leviticus 27:15

And if the one who consecrates the house wishes to redeem it, one-fifth shall be added to its assessed value, and it shall revert to the original owner.

Leviticus 27:17

If the person consecrates the field as of the year of Jubilee, that assessment shall stand,

Acts 5:4

While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, were not the proceeds at your disposal? How is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You did not lie to us but to God!”