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“‘If a man dedicates to the LORD part of the field of his possession, then your valuation shall be according to the seed for it. The sowing of a homer of barley shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 16. Possession, or inheritance. If he had only purchased the field, he could not, by his vow, transfer the property of it to the priests beyond the year of jubilee, verse 22.—Seed, not of the produce, which is uncertain. The goodness of the soil must also be considered.—Silver: which rent must be paid every year, except on those of rest, when the earth was not cultivated. Calmet.
1 homer is about 220 liters or 6 bushels
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
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