Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 27:13
But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth [part] thereof unto thy estimation.
13. thy estimation ] Cp. Lev 27:15, etc. The pronoun constitutes a difficulty, as in Lev 27:2. There Moses, who seems to be referred to, is himself speaking to the people. Here the reference is apparently to the priest in Lev 27:12. In Lev 27:23 ‘thy’ cannot have either of these references. The LXX. omits it in all the cases. It is thought to be the insertion of a reviser, in order to harmonize with Lev 27:15, where the subject is similar and the pronoun presents no difficulty as applied to Moses, who is there addressed. But it may possibly, as is suggested by the anomalous grammar in the Heb. of Lev 27:23, be a survival of a phrase from old directions addressed to the priest, and have thus ceased to bear any definite meaning.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 13. Shall add a fifth part] This was probably intended to prevent rash vows and covetous redemptions. The priest alone was to value the thing; and to whatever his valuation was, a fifth part must be added by him who wished to redeem the consecrated thing. Thus, if the priest valued it at forty shekels, if the former owner redeemed it he was obliged to give forty-eight.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
But if he will at all redeem it,…. The owner of it, or he that has devoted it, if he is determined to have it again at any rate:
then he shall add a fifth [part] thereof unto thy estimation; he shall give the full price for it, as rated by the priest, and for which it might be sold to another man, and a fifth part of the value of it besides; this was done that the full price might be paid for it, the priest not knowing, as it might be, the worth of it so well as the owner; and that the value of consecrated things might be kept to, and to make men careful how and what they devoted, since, though redeemable, they were obliged to pay a large price for them.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
But if the person vowing wanted to redeem it, he was to add a fifth above the valuation price, as a kind of compensation for taking back the animal he had vowed (cf. Lev 5:16).
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
(13) But if he will at all redeem it.Better, and if he wishes to redeem it, that is, the man himself who vowed it for the sanctuary. The estimate put upon the animal in question was intended for anyone who wished to purchase it, not excluding, however, the person who vowed it.
He shall add a fifth part.Whilst anyone else could purchase the animal at the valuation put upon it by the priest, its former owner is to pay a fifth more than the valuation price. This was probably intended as a fine for taking back a thing which he promised to the Lord. For the way in which the fifth part was computed during the second Temple see Lev. 5:16.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
13. He shall add a fifth part As the author of the vow was free to present the animal or to redeem it, his desire to redeem it would imply that the priest had somewhat undervalued it; so twenty per cent. was added to his estimate.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Lev 27:13 But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth [part] thereof unto thy estimation.
Ver. 13. Then he shall add. ] The owner, if he repent of his vow, shall pay for his levity. See Ecc 5:2 ; Ecc 5:4-5 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
at all redeem it. Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6). Hebrew “redeeming he will redeem it”. Well translated by “at all”. See note on Gen 26:28. Hebrew. ga’al. See note on Exo 6:6.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
redeemed
Heb. “goel,” Redemp. (Kinsman type). (See Scofield “Isa 59:20”).
Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Lev 27:10, Lev 27:15, Lev 27:19, Lev 5:16, Lev 6:4, Lev 6:5, Lev 22:14
Reciprocal: Lev 27:31 – General