Leviticus - 27:22



22 "'If he dedicates to Yahweh a field which he has bought, which is not of the field of his possession,

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Explanation and meaning of Leviticus 27:22.

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And if a man sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession;
And if he sanctify unto Jehovah a field which he hath bought, which is not of the field of his possession;
And if he hallow to Jehovah a field that he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession,
And if the field of his purchase (which is not of the fields of his possession) one sanctify to Jehovah,
And if a man gives to the Lord a field which he has got for money from another, which is not part of his heritage;
If a field has been bought, and it is not from the possession of ancestors, it shall be sanctified to the Lord.
Si vero agrum emptum a se qui non erat de agro possessionis suae, consecraverit Jehovae:

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And if a man sanctify unto the Lord a field which he hath bought,.... With his own money, of some person in poverty and distress, who was obliged to sell it, and which, according to a former law, returned to the original proprietor in the year of jubilee:
which is not of the fields of his possession; which he has not by inheritance from his fathers. Jarchi observes, there is a difference between a field bought, and a field possessed; for a field bought is not divided to the priests in the year of jubilee, because a man cannot sanctify it but until the year of jubilee; for in the year of jubilee it would go out of his hands, and return to the owner; wherefore if he comes to redeem it, he must redeem it with the price fixed for the field of possession: the Jewish doctors are divided about a field bought of a father by a son, whether it is a field of purchase or of possession (f).
(f) Misn. Eracin, c. 7. sect. 5.

His possession - His patrimony or inheritance.

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