Positive Commandment #230 of 613
Estimate the value of consecrated fields
Commandment #230 — a positive obligation from Leviticus 27:16, classified under Sacrifices and Offerings in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'Again, if a man consecrates to the LORD part of the fields of his own property, then your valuation shall be proportionate to the seed needed for it: a homer of barley seed at fifty shekels of silver.”
— Leviticus 27:16
Hebrew
טז וְאִם מִשְּׂדֵה אֲחֻזָּתוֹ, יַקְדִּישׁ אִישׁ לַיהוָה--וְהָיָה עֶרְכְּךָ, לְפִי זַרְעוֹ: זֶרַע חֹמֶר שְׂעֹרִים, בַּחֲמִשִּׁים שֶׁקֶל כָּסֶף.
Greek (Septuagint)
16 Ἐὰν δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀγροῦ τῆς κατασχέσεως αὐτοῦ ἁγιάσῃ ἄνθρωπος τῷ κυρίῳ, καὶ ἔσται ἡ τιμὴ κατὰ τὸν σπόρον αὐτοῦ, κόρου κριθῶν πεντήκοντα δίδραχμα ἀργυρίου.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Sacrifices and Offerings
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 27
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- B'chukotai
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #355
- 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
#229: Estimate the value of consecrated houses
Leviticus 27:14
#231: Carry out the laws of interdicting possessions
Leviticus 27:28
#232: Do not sell interdicted possessions
Leviticus 27:28
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