Leviticus 27:14

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Now if a man consecrates his house as holy to the LORD, then the priest shall value it either as good or bad. The price will stand just as the priest values it.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
When a man shall sanctify his house to be holy to the LORD, then the Kohen shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the Kohen shall estimate it, so shall it stand.

King James Version
And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the Lord , then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.

Lexham English Bible
"‘And if a man consecrates his house as a holy object for Yahweh, then the priest shall set a value on it, either good or bad; just as the priest sets a value on it, so it shall remain.

New Century Version
"‘If a person gives a house as holy to the Lord , the priest must decide its value, according to whether the house is good or bad; as the priest decides, that is the price for the house.

New English Translation
"‘If a man consecrates his house as holy to the Lord , the priest will establish its conversion value, whether good or bad. Just as the priest establishes its conversion value, thus it will stand.

Amplified Bible
'If a man consecrates his house as sacred to the LORD, the priest shall appraise it as either good or bad; as the priest appraises it, so shall it stand.

New American Standard Bible
'Now if someone consecrates his house as holy to the LORD, then the priest shall assess it as either good or bad; as the priest assesses it, so shall it stand.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Also whe a man shall dedicate his house to be holy vnto the Lorde, then the Priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad, and as ye Priest shall prise it, so shall the value be.

Legacy Standard Bible
‘Now if a man sets his house apart as holy to Yahweh, then the priest shall value it as either good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall stand.

Contemporary English Version
If you promise a house to me, a priest will set the price, whatever the condition of the house.

Complete Jewish Bible
"‘When a person consecrates his house to be holy for Adonai , the cohen is to set a value on it in relation to its good and bad points; the value set by the cohen will stand.

Darby Translation
And when any one halloweth his house, that it may be holy to Jehovah, the priest shall value it, [judging] between good and bad: as the priest shall value it, so shall it stand.

Easy-to-Read Version
"If you dedicate your house as holy to the Lord , the priest must decide its price. It doesn't make any difference if the house is good or bad. If the priest decides on a price, that is the price for the house.

English Standard Version
"When a man dedicates his house as a holy gift to the Lord , the priest shall value it as either good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall stand.

George Lamsa Translation
And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy to the LORD, then the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad, and as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.

Good News Translation
When any of you dedicate your house to the Lord , the priest shall set the price according to its good or bad points, and the price will be final.

Christian Standard Bible®
“When a man consecrates his house as holy to the Lord, the priest will assess its value, whether high or low. The price will stand just as the priest assesses it.

Literal Translation
And when a man sanctifies his house as a holy thing to Jehovah, then the priest shall value it, whether good or bad. As the priest values it, so it shall stand.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Whan eny ma sanctifieth his house vnto the LORDE for ye Sanctuary, the prest shall value it, whether it be good or bad. And as the prest valueth it, so shal it stonde.

American Standard Version
And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto Jehovah, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.

Bible in Basic English
And if a man has given his house as holy to the Lord, then the priest will put a value on it, if it is good or bad; as the priest gives decision so will the value be fixed.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
If any man dedicate his house to be holy vnto the Lorde, the priest shall set it, whether it be good or bad: and as the priest hath set it, so shall it stande.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad; as the priest shall value it, so shall it stand.

King James Version (1611)
And when a man shall sanctifie his house to be holy vnto the Lord, then the Priest shal estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the Priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And whatsoever man shall consecrate his house as holy to the Lord, the priest shall make a valuation of it between the good and the bad: as the priest shall value it, so shall it stand.

English Revised Version
And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
If a man avowith his hows, and halewith it to the Lord, the preest schal biholde, `whether it is good ether yuel, and bi the prijs, which is ordeyned of hym, it schal be seld;

Young's Literal Translation
`And when a man sanctifieth his house, a holy thing to Jehovah, then hath the priest valued it, whether good or bad; as the priest doth value it so it standeth;

Update Bible Version
And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy to Yahweh, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it is good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so it shall stand.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when a man shall sanctify his house [to be] holy to the LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it is good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.

World English Bible
When a man shall sanctify his house to be holy to Yahweh, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.

New King James Version
"And when a man dedicates his house to be holy to the LORD, then the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall stand.

New Living Translation
"If someone dedicates a house to the Lord , the priest will come to assess its value. The priest's assessment will be final, whether high or low.

New Life Bible
‘When a man sets apart his house as holy to the Lord, the religious leader will decide if it is good or bad. Whatever price the religious leader puts on it, so it will be.

New Revised Standard
If a person consecrates a house to the Lord , the priest shall assess it: whether good or bad, as the priest assesses it, so it shall stand.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when, any man, would hallow his house to be holy unto Yahweh, then shall the priest estimate it, whether it is good or bad, - as the priest shall estimate it, so, shall it stand.

Douay-Rheims Bible
If a man shall vow his house, and sanctify it to the Lord, the priest shall consider it, whether it be good or bad: and it shall be sold according to the price, which he shall appoint.

Revised Standard Version
"When a man dedicates his house to be holy to the LORD, the priest shall value it as either good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall stand.

THE MESSAGE
"If a man dedicates his house to God , into the possession of the Sanctuary, the priest assesses its value, setting it either high or low. Whatever value the priest sets, that's what it is. If the man wants to buy it back, he must add twenty percent to its price and then it's his again.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Now if a man consecrates his house as holy to the LORD, then the priest shall value it as either good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall stand.

Contextual Overview

¹⁴Now if a man consecrates his house as holy to the LORD, then the priest shall value it either as good or bad. The price will stand just as the priest values it.¹⁵But if he who consecrated his house redeems it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value, and it will belong to him. ¹⁶If a man consecrates to the LORD a parcel of his land, then your valuation shall be proportionate to the seed required for it-fifty shekels of silver for every homer of barley seed. ¹⁷If he consecrates his field during the Year of Jubilee, the price will stand according to your valuation. ¹⁸But if he consecrates his field after the Jubilee, the priest is to calculate the price in proportion to the years left until the next Year of Jubilee, so that your valuation will be reduced. ¹⁹And if the one who consecrated the field decides to redeem it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value, and it shall belong to him. ²⁰If, however, he does not redeem the field, or if he has sold it to another man, it may no longer be redeemed. ²¹When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the LORD; it becomes the property of the priests. ²²Now if a man consecrates to the LORD a field he has purchased, which is not a part of his own property, ²³then the priest shall calculate for him the value up to the Year of Jubilee, and the man shall pay the assessed value on that day as a sacred offering to the LORD.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

sanctify: Leviticus 27:21, Leviticus 25:29-31, Numbers 18:14, Psalms 101:2-7

as the priest: Leviticus 27:12

Reciprocal: Leviticus 27:3 - And thy estimation Numbers 8:17 - I sanctified

Cross-References

Genesis 25:28
Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.

Genesis 27:2
"Look," said Isaac, "I am now old and do not know the day of my death.

Genesis 27:3
Take your weapons-your quiver and bow-and go out in the field to hunt some game for me.

Genesis 27:4
Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die."

Genesis 27:7
'Bring me some game and prepare me a tasty dish to eat, so that I may bless you in the presence of the LORD before I die.'

Genesis 27:9
Go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so that I can make them into a tasty dish for your father-the kind he loves.

Genesis 27:17
Then she handed her son Jacob the tasty food and bread she had made.

Genesis 27:31
He too made some tasty food, brought it to his father, and said to him, "My father, sit up and eat of your son's game, so that you may bless me."

Psalms 141:4
Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.

Luke 21:34
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life-and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when a man shall sanctify his house [to be] holy unto the Lord,.... Shall set it apart for sacred service, devote it to holy uses, so that it may be sold, and the money laid out in sacrifices, the repairs of the temple, c. under this any other goods are comprehended, concerning which the Jews say,

"he that sanctifieth his goods, and his wife's dowry is upon him, or he is a debtor his wife cannot demand her, dowry out of that which is sanctified, nor a creditor his debt; but if he will redeem he may redeem, on condition that he gives the dowry to the wife, and the debt to the creditor; if he has set apart ninety pounds and his debt is an hundred, he may add a penny more, and with it redeem those goods, on condition he gives the wife her dowry and the creditor his debt: whether he sanctifies or estimates his goods, he has no power over his wife's or children's clothes, nor over coloured things, died on their account, nor on new, shoes he has bought for them z, c.''

again it is said a,

"if anyone sanctified his goods, and there were among them things fit for the altar wine, oil, and fowls, R. Eliezer says, they might be sold to those that need any of, that kind, and with the price of them burnt offerings might be bought, and the rest of the goods fell to the repair of the temple:''

then the priest shall estimate it whether it be good or bad; shall examine it of what size and in what condition it is, whether a large well built house or not, and whether in good repair or not, and accordingly set a price upon it:

as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand; according to the price he shall set upon it, it may be sold; whoever will give it may purchase it, excepting the owner or he that has sanctified it, he must pay a fifth part more, as follows.

z Misn. Eracin, c. 6. sect. 2, 5. a Misn. Shekalim, c. 4. sect. 8.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Sanctify - i. e. vow to devote. This law relates to houses in the country Leviticus 25:31, which were under the same general law as the land itself, with a right of redemption for the inheritor until the next Jubilee. See Leviticus 27:17-19. For houses in walled towns the right of redemption lasted for only one year Leviticus 25:29.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Leviticus 27:14. Shall sanctify his house — The yearly rent of which, when thus consecrated, went towards the repairs of the tabernacle, which was the house of the Lord.