Leviticus - 27:20



20 If he will not redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more;

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Explanation and meaning of Leviticus 27:20.

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And if he will not redeem it, but it be sold to any other man, he that vowed it, may not redeem it any more:
but if he do not redeem the field, or if he sell the field to another man, it cannot be redeemed any more;
But if he has no desire to get it back, or if he has given it for a price to another man, it may not be got back again.
But if he is not willing to redeem it, then it shall be sold to any other; he who vowed it is no longer able to redeem it.
Si vero non redemerit agrum, et si vendiderit agrum viro alteri, non redimet ultra:

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have (k) sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.
(k) For their own necessity or godly uses.

And if he will not redeem the field,.... He that sanctified it, does not care to give for it the settled price of the fifth part besides, but chooses it should be disposed of for the uses he devoted it to:
or if he have sold the field to another man; that is, either the original owner having bought it and sold it again, or rather the priest, the treasurer, as Jarchi, who had the disposal of it, for the uses and purposes for which it was devoted, when sold by him:
it shall not be redeemed any more; it was not in the power of him that sanctified it to make a purchase of it again; the buyer of it might not sell it to him again, for otherwise, by that means, he might come at it cheaper than the law directs; besides, there is another reason for it, which is suggested in Leviticus 27:21.

If he will not redeem it - When the priest shall set a price upon it, and offer it to him in the first place to redeem it: or, rather and, for this seems to be added by way of accumulation, if he, that is, the priest, of whom he might have redeemed it, upon his refusal, offers it to sale, and have sold the field to another man - He shall for ever lose the benefit of redemption.

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