Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Leviticus 27:13 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 13. 13But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.
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Quick Meaning
This verse adds one fifth when the owner redeems the animal.
A vowed clean animal is holy and cannot be swapped
This verse is one part of that explanation in Leviticus 27:9-13. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- Leviticus 27:9-13
Track the movement across 27:9-13. When Leviticus 27:13 adds one fifth when the owner redeems the animal, it contributes to this complete claim: A clean sacrificial animal cannot be exchanged, and an attempted substitution makes both holy; an unclean animal is valued by the priest and redeemed with an added fifth.
What Remains True
Adds one fifth when the owner redeems the animal. Within Leviticus 27:9-13, this contributes to the larger claim that a clean sacrificial animal cannot be exchanged, and an attempted substitution makes both holy; an unclean animal is valued by the priest and redeemed with an added fifth.
How It Can Shape Life
- When teaching Leviticus 27:13, keep the verse inside Leviticus 27:9-13. Hold this boundary: The substitution rule governs vowed animals, not people, relationships, or manipulative religious pledges. Apply only the noncoercive truth the complete unit supports.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Leviticus 27:9-13 — Vowed animals become holy and substitutions bind both animalsSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Leviticus 27:9-13, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Leviticus
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, ritual and legal vocabulary, names, clause relationships, KJV language controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Lev.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 27:9-13
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Leviticus with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
eBible.org distribution of the NET Bible, PDF generated 2025-12-31
Supports: Unit-bounded translator notes on Hebrew, syntax, ritual vocabulary, measures, textual questions, and older-English wording; silence is not treated as evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible Leviticus PDF, complete PDF pp. 1-99, translation and translator notes for 27:9-13
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