Leviticus - 27:31



31 If a man redeems anything of his tithe, he shall add a fifth part to it.

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Explanation and meaning of Leviticus 27:31.

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And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof.
And if a man will redeem aught of his tithe, he shall add unto it the fifth part thereof.
And if any man will redeem his tithes, he shall add the fifth part of them.
And if any one will at all redeem of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth thereof.
And if a man will at all redeem aught of his tithes, he shall add to it the fifth part of it.
And if a man really redeem any of his tithe, its fifth he addeth to it.
And if a man has a desire to get back any of the tenth part which he has given, let him give a fifth more.
But if anyone is willing to redeem his tithes, he shall add a fifth part to them.
Si vero redimendo redemerit vir allquid de decimis suis, quintam ejus partem addet ultra eam.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And if a man will at all redeem [ought] of his tithes, he shall add thereto the (p) fifth [part] thereof.
(p) Besides the value of the thing itself.

And if a man, will redeem ought of his tithes,.... Of his own, and not his neighbour's, as Jarchi observes; for if he redeemed the tithes of his neighbour, but did not add a fifth part, which he was obliged to do if he redeemed his own, as follows:
he shall add thereunto the fifth part thereof; besides giving the value for what part of his tithes he redeemed, he gave a fifth part of that sum over and above; as, supposing the tithe was worth fifty shillings, then he gave that, and ten shillings more, and so in proportion. The use of this redemption, as Jarchi suggests, was, that he might have liberty of eating it in any place: for he understands it of the second tithe, as before observed, and which was to be eaten at Jerusalem.

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