Leviticus 27:16
If a man consecrates to the Lord a parcel of his land, then your valuation shall be proportional to the seed required for it—fifty shekels of silver for every homer of barley seed.
Note A homer is a dry measure of approximately 6.24 bushels or 220 liters (probably about 291 pounds or 132 kilograms of barley seed).
And if a man shall sanctify unto the Lord some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
Note an…: or, the land of an homer, etc
“‘If a man dedicates to the Lord part of the field of his possession, then your valuation shall be according to the seed for it. The sowing of a homer of barley shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
Note 1 homer is about 220 liters or 6 bushels
Note A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
And if a man shall sanctify unto Jehovah part of the field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the sowing thereof: the sowing of a homer of barley shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- of a field
- Acts 4:34–37; Acts 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.
- Isaiah 5:10; Ezekiel 45:11–14; Hosea 3:2