Positive Commandment #229 of 613
Estimate the value of consecrated houses
Commandment #229 — a positive obligation from Leviticus 27:14, classified under Sacrifices and Offerings in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'Now if a man consecrates his house as holy to the LORD, then the priest shall value it as either good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall stand.”
— Leviticus 27:14
Hebrew
יד וְאִישׁ, כִּי-יַקְדִּשׁ אֶת-בֵּיתוֹ קֹדֶשׁ לַיהוָה--וְהֶעֱרִיכוֹ הַכֹּהֵן, בֵּין טוֹב וּבֵין רָע: כַּאֲשֶׁר יַעֲרִיךְ אֹתוֹ הַכֹּהֵן, כֵּן יָקוּם.
Greek (Septuagint)
14 Καὶ ἄνθρωπος, ὃς ἂν ἁγιάσῃ τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ ἁγίαν τῷ κυρίῳ, καὶ τιμήσεται αὐτὴν ὁ ἱερεὺς ἀνὰ μέσον καλῆς καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον πονηρᾶς· ὡς ἂν τιμήσεται αὐτὴν ὁ ἱερεύς, οὕτως σταθήσεται.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Sacrifices and Offerings
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 27
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- B'chukotai
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #354
- Mishneh Torah
- PromisesAppraisals and Devoted Property
Related Commandments in “Sacrifices and Offerings”
#168: Do not offer to G-d any castrated male animals
Leviticus 22:24
#227: Estimate the value of people as determined by the Law
Leviticus 27:2
#228: Estimate the value of consecrated animals
Leviticus 27:12
#230: Estimate the value of consecrated fields
Leviticus 27:16
#231: Carry out the laws of interdicting possessions
Leviticus 27:28
#232: Do not sell interdicted possessions
Leviticus 27:28
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