What Does Leviticus 27:13 Mean in the King James?
But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Redemption does not erase the item’s valuation; it reclaims it by adding a fifth to the assessed amount.
THE MEANING
When a valued thing is reclaimed, its assessed worth remains in view and a fifth is added. The return is a fuller accounting: redemption restores the thing while also increasing the amount reckoned.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The belief undone is that reclaiming what has been dedicated simply restores the old arrangement at its original value.
THE ROOT
גָּאַל
ga'al
GROWS FROM
גאל
g-ʾ-l
To reclaim or redeem, especially as a relative with a right or duty to reclaim.
“redeem” in this verse is ga'al. The same seed describes both the act of reclaiming and the person who reclaims as kin. Here, the thing is reclaimed while its valuation stays active, with a fifth added.
ALSO GROWS
go'el: Kinsman-redeemer; one who reclaims.
גֹּאֵל
This branch shows redemption as a relational act of taking back, a sense carried into the verse’s return of the valued thing.
ge'ullah: Redemption; the right or act of reclaiming.
גְּאֻלָּה
This noun makes the reclaiming itself visible: the item returns, but the valuation still governs the exchange.
THE PATTERN
When a valued thing or loss is returned, scripture can measure its return as more than the original amount.
And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his.If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.And Zacchæus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.THE THREAD
And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.The same root גאל (ga’al, reclaim or redeem) appears in both verses. Here it reclaims a valued thing; there it names Israel’s being reclaimed from the enemy’s hand, giving the word’s accounting sense a wider reach.
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