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but the field, when it goes out in the jubilee, shall be holy to Yahweh, as a field devoted; the possession of it shall be the priest`s.
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The Consequence of a Broken Vow
Commentators explain this verse describes a penalty. If a person vowed a field to God, failed to redeem it, and then sold it, they permanently forfeited it. At the Jubilee, the land did not revert to them but was given to the priests, showing the seriousness of commitments made to God.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Devoted - See Leviticus 27:28 note.
19th Century
Anglican
But the field, when it goes out in the Jubilee.—That is, when it leaves the possession of the purchaser, since in the Jub…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But the field, when it goes out in the jubilee Out of the hand of him that bought it:
shall be ho…
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