Origen · Annotations on Leviticus (fragments from Catenae) §27.15-27.16

Redemption of Dedicated Property and the Jubilee

Passage 5 of 5 · Greek

Summary

Based on Leviticus 27:15-16, this passage explains the procedures and additional costs for redeeming consecrated houses and fields, as well as the regulations for restoring purchased fields in the Jubilee year.

§27.15Στίχ. ιε΄.

Verse 15.

Ἐὰν δὲ ὁ ἁγιάσας αὐτὴν λυτρῶται τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ, προσθήσει ἐπʼ αὐτὸ τὸ ἐπίπεμπτον τοῦ ἀργυρίου τῆς ταμῆς, καὶ ἔσται αὐτῷ. Εἰ δὲ μὴ τιμὴν οἰκίας, ἢ ἀγροῦ τις, ἀλλʼ αὐτὰ ἁγιάσαι Θεῷ, τὴν τιμὴν καθήσει μετὰ τοῦ πέμπτου λυτρούμενος αὐτὰ, καὶ|καθέξει τὰς κτήσεις· ἑτέροις δὲ οὐκ ἀποδώσεται.

"And if he who consecrated it should redeem his house, he shall add the fifth part of the money of its valuation to it, and it shall be his." But if someone should consecrate to God not the valuation of a house or a field, but the things themselves, he shall, in redeeming them, pay the valuation along with the fifth part, and|he shall retain the possessions; and he shall not sell it to others.

Ἀλλὰ κἂν ἀποδῶται, μέχρι τοῦ Ἰωβηλαίου καθέξει ὁ πριάμενος, καὶ μετὰ τοῦτον ἔσται Θεοῦ.

But even if it is sold, the purchaser shall retain it until the Jubilee, and after this it shall belong to God.

§27.16Στίχ. ις΄.

Verse 16.

Ἐὰν δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀγροῦ. Τὸν δὲ ἐξ ἀγορασίας ἀγρὸν ἀγοράσας, οὐκ ἀνακτήσεται τοῦτον ἑαυτῷ· ἀλλὰ πρὸς λόγον ἀποδοὺς τὸν καρπὸν τῷ Θεῷ, ἐν τῷ Ἰωβὴλ ἀποκαταστήσεται τὸν ἀγρὸν τῷ πεπρακότι.

"And if from the field." But he who has bought a field obtained through purchase shall not acquire it for himself; but having rendered the fruit to God in due proportion, in the Jubilee he shall restore the field to the seller.

Notes

27.15ταμῆς — This is likely a scribal error or variant reading for τιμῆς ('valuation'). The Septuagint (LXX) text of Leviticus 27:15 reads τῆς τιμῆς αὐτῆς, and the context demands 'the money of its valuation.'
27.15καθήσει — Third-person singular future active of the verb καθίημι ('to pay down', 'to submit'). Here it expresses the obligation to pay the redemption price.
27.16ἀποκαταστήσεται — Third-person singular future middle of the verb ἀποκαθίστημι ('to restore'). Since it is followed by the accusative direct object τὸν ἀγρὸν, it is interpreted in an active sense ('he [the purchaser] shall restore the field') rather than a passive one.

Cite this passage

Origen, Annotations on Leviticus (fragments from Catenae) §27.15-27.16. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2042.tlg068.humanitext-grc1:27.15-27.16

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