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Leviticus 27:14-25
Laws concerning houses and lands dedicated to the LORD
v14 A person might give his house to the Lord. The priest will decide if the house is good or bad. The priest will decide the price of the house.
v15 The person might want to buy the house back. He must pay the price of the house and 1/5th (one fifth) more. Then it will again belong to him.
v16 A person might give part of his land to the Lord. The person will decide the price by how much seed the land needs. The price will be 50 pieces of silver for a homer (220 liters or 6 bushels) of seed.
v17 If a person gives his land in a Jubilee year, the price is the same.
v18 A person might give his land after the Jubilee year. The priest will count the number of years before the next Jubilee. The price will be less.
v19 A person might want to buy the land back. He must pay the price of the land and 1/5th (one fifth) more.
v20 He may not buy it back before the year of Jubilee. Then the field becomes holy. But the man may have sold the land to another person. If he has, he cannot get it back.
v21 In the Jubilee year the land will become holy. Then it will belong to the priests.
v22 A person might buy some land from another family. He might give that land to the Lord.
v23 The priest will count how many years there are until the Jubilee year. The person must pay the money on that day. The money is holy to the Lord.
v24 In the Jubilee year, the land returns to the family from whom he bought it.
v25 The priest must decide the price of the land. He must use the correct measures.
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