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Leviticus 27

Lev. 27:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And if he will not redeem
ga'al (Hebrew #1350)
a primitive root, to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e. to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
KJV usage: X in any wise, X at all, avenger, deliver, (do, perform the part of near, next) kinsfolk(-man), purchase, ransom, redeem(-er), revenger.
Pronounce: gaw-al'
the field
sadeh (Hebrew #7704)
from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat)
KJV usage: country, field, ground, land, soil, X wild.
Pronounce: saw-deh'
Origin: or saday {saw-dah'-ee}
, or if he have sold
makar (Hebrew #4376)
to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
KJV usage: X at all, sell (away, -er, self).
Pronounce: maw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
the field
sadeh (Hebrew #7704)
from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat)
KJV usage: country, field, ground, land, soil, X wild.
Pronounce: saw-deh'
Origin: or saday {saw-dah'-ee}
to another
'acher (Hebrew #312)
properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.
KJV usage: (an-)other man, following, next, strange.
Pronounce: akh-air'
Origin: from 309
man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
, it shall not be redeemed
ga'al (Hebrew #1350)
a primitive root, to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e. to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
KJV usage: X in any wise, X at all, avenger, deliver, (do, perform the part of near, next) kinsfolk(-man), purchase, ransom, redeem(-er), revenger.
Pronounce: gaw-al'
any more.

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Ministry on This Verse

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Lev. 27:20• 20but if he do not redeem the field, or if he sell the field to another man, it cannot be redeemed anymore; (Lev. 27:20)
• Israel (looked at as the possessor of the gift of God) not having redeemed it when sold to the stranger, {v.21} when the jubilee comes the land will be absolutely the Lord’s; the priest will possess it. (“Leviticus 27” by J.N. Darby)
• God will not allow His people to forget that the land of Canaan is His peculiarly, as they were to whom He gave it in possession. This was their special favor. Israel were His people as no other nation could be then, and their land too was His that He might secure it to them forever. (“Leviticus 27:16-25, The Devoted Field Sanctified to Jehovah” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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but if he do not redeem the field, or if he sell the field to another man, it cannot be redeemed any more;

W. Kelly Translation

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but if he do not redeem the field, or if he sell the field to another man, it cannot be redeemed anymore;