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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lev 27:16 — And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD [ some part] of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed [shall be valued] at fifty shekels of silver.
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some part
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"Though the words ""some part"" are not expressed, yet it is generally allowed that they should be supplied here; as it was not lawful for a man to alienate in this manner his whole patrimony: he might express his good will for the house of God but he must not impoverish his own family." |
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of a field
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Act 4:34-37; Act 5:4 |
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an homer
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or, the land of an homer, etc., i.e, as much land as required a homer of barley to sow it. The homer was very different from the omer; the latter held about three quarts, the former seventy-five gallons three pints. Isa 5:10; Eze 45:11-14; Hsa 3:2 |
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Act 4:34 |
Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, |
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Act 4:35 |
And laid [them] down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need. |
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Act 4:36 |
And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, [and] of the country of Cyprus, |
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Act 4:37 |
Having land, sold [it], and brought the money, and laid [it] at the apostles' feet. |
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Act 5:4 |
Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God. |
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Isa 5:10 |
Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah. |
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Eze 45:11 |
The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer. |
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Eze 45:12 |
And the shekel [shall be] twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh. |
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Eze 45:13 |
This [is] the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of barley: |
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Eze 45:14 |
Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, [ye shall offer] the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, [which is] an homer of ten baths; for ten baths [are] an homer: |
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Hsa 3:2 |
So I bought her to me for fifteen [pieces] of silver, and [for] an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley: |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Leviticus 27:16," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Lev/27/16.html>.
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