Leviticus 27:16 (KJV)
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And if a manshall sanctifyunto the LORDsome part of a fieldof his possessionthen thy estimationshall be accordingto the seedthereof an homerof barley seedshall be valued at fifty shekelsof silver
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of a field. Ac 4:34-37 Ac 5:4
an homer. or, the land of an homer, etc., i.e, as much landas 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 Ho 3:2
some part.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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