וְאִ֣ם ׀ מִשְּׂדֵ֣ה אֲחֻזָּת֗וֹ יַקְדִּ֥ישׁ אִישׁ֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה וְהָיָ֥ה עֶרְכְּךָ֖ לְפִ֣י זַרְע֑וֹ זֶ֚רַע חֹ֣מֶר שְׂעֹרִ֔ים בַּחֲמִשִּׁ֖ים שֶׁ֥קֶל כָּֽסֶף׃

It was stated earlier (25:25–28) that one cannot transfer permanent ownership of an ancestral field, as it theoretically remains in the family’s possession forever. Yet if from the field of his ancestral portion a man consecrates to the Lord, the valuation, the value of the field, shall be according to its seed. Since the field is not sold forever, this consecration is a gift for a limited number of years. Its value, for the purposes of redemption with money, is based on the following formula: An area that is required to be sown with a ḥomer, a measure of volume of barley, shall be redeemed for fifty shekels of silver. The Sages refer to this area as a beit kor ; in modern measurements it is roughly 18 dunams, about 4.5 acres.

אִם־מִשְּׁנַ֥ת הַיֹּבֵ֖ל יַקְדִּ֣ישׁ שָׂדֵ֑הוּ כְּעֶרְכְּךָ֖ יָקֽוּם׃

If he consecrates his field from, that is, immediately after, the Jubilee Year, when there is maximum time until the next Jubilee, the valuation shall stand. It shall be redeemed in accordance with the full sum.

וְאִם־אַחַ֣ר הַיֹּבֵל֮ יַקְדִּ֣ישׁ שָׂדֵהוּ֒ וְחִשַּׁב־ל֨וֹ הַכֹּהֵ֜ן אֶת־הַכֶּ֗סֶף עַל־פִּ֤י הַשָּׁנִים֙ הַנּ֣וֹתָרֹ֔ת עַ֖ד שְׁנַ֣ת הַיֹּבֵ֑ל וְנִגְרַ֖ע מֵֽעֶרְכֶּֽךָ׃

And if he consecrates his field after the Jubilee, the priest shall calculate for him the silver according to the remaining years until the Jubilee Year, and it shall be deducted from the valuation. If fifty shekels of silver is the valuation of the field for forty-nine years, these must be divided into forty-nine parts, which means that slightly more than one shekel must be deducted from the total sum for each year that has passed.

וְאִם־גָּאֹ֤ל יִגְאַל֙ אֶת־הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה הַמַּקְדִּ֖ישׁ אֹת֑וֹ וְ֠יָסַף חֲמִשִׁ֧ית כֶּֽסֶף־עֶרְכְּךָ֛ עָלָ֖יו וְקָ֥ם לֽוֹ׃

And if the one who consecrated it himself redeems the field, he shall add one-fifth of the silver of the valuation to it, and it shall be his. This is a general principle with regard to the redemption of consecrated items: If a stranger, not the original owner, seeks to acquire it, he pays the amount determined by the priest, or its fixed valuation, whereas the original owner must add a fifth, a kind of compensation or surcharge to the Sanctuary.

וְאִם־לֹ֤א יִגְאַל֙ אֶת־הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה וְאִם־מָכַ֥ר אֶת־הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה לְאִ֣ישׁ אַחֵ֑ר לֹ֥א יִגָּאֵ֖ל עֽוֹד׃

And if he does not redeem the field from the Sanctuary property in all the years of the Jubilee cycle, or if, in the meantime, he, the Temple treasurer, sold the field to another man, it shall no longer be redeemed by the original owner, and his historical link to the field shall be severed.

וְהָיָ֨ה הַשָּׂדֶ֜ה בְּצֵאת֣וֹ בַיֹּבֵ֗ל קֹ֛דֶשׁ לַֽיהוָ֖ה כִּשְׂדֵ֣ה הַחֵ֑רֶם לַכֹּהֵ֖ן תִּהְיֶ֥ה אֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ׃

When the field goes out in the Jubilee, it shall be sacred to the Lord. Just like all fields in Israel, this field shall leave the possession of the buyer at the Jubilee Year. However, as its owner consecrated it, the field now reverts to become Temple property. It is considered like a proscribed field, as explained below (verses 28–29); his portion shall belong to the priest.