“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.”
If anyone dedicates to the Lord part of their family land, its value is to be set according to the amount of seed required to sow it — fifty shekels of silver to a homer of barley seed. The land dedication vow requires a valuation based on agricultural productivity: the amount of seed required to sow the land determines its value. The fifty shekels per homer of barley seed establishes the standard unit of agricultural land value. The agricultural productivity basis for land valuation connects the land dedication to the Jubilee's agricultural economics: the land's value is determined by its productive capacity.
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