What is the context?
An inherited field is assessed according to the seed required and the years remaining until Jubilee. Redemption requires the additional fifth; the stated failure to redeem or sale to another changes the field’s eventual status, and it becomes the priests’ possession at Jubilee.
A purchased field is handled differently because the donor does not hold the original family inheritance. Its value runs only to Jubilee, when it returns to the original owner. The chapter carries forward the earlier limits on permanent possession rather than treating a religious vow as permission to give away someone else’s lasting claim.
How is this passage commonly understood?
Wesley distinguishes inherited land from a purchased interest that ends at Jubilee. The text itself provides both that distinction and a common sanctuary standard for valuation. The economic details matter because dedication must respect what the giver actually possesses.
What is our position?
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Where can I study this further?
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