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Leviticus 27:17 Explained in Context

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Verse 17. If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy estimation it shall stand.

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Role in This Section

This verse keeps the full valuation when dedication begins at Jubilee.

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  • Leviticus 27:14-25

Place Leviticus 27:17 inside 27:14-25. This verse keeps the full valuation when dedication begins at Jubilee. Its surrounding procedure or case makes the larger point: A vowed house is assessed and may be redeemed with an added fifth; inherited and purchased fields are valued by seed and Jubilee years with different reversion outcomes.

Why It Needs Context

Leviticus 27:14-25 must remain the teaching frame because this verse keeps the full valuation when dedication begins at Jubilee without completing the unit's reasoning.

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Read Leviticus 27:14-25 — Houses and fields receive valuation and redemption rules
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Biblical text

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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.

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Exact location: Leviticus 27:14-25, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus

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