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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 27:16/אבן עזרא על ויקרא כ״ז:ט״ז
אואם משדה אחזתו. שיירש עם ישראל:
1AND IF…HIS POSSESSION. Which he inherited with the nation of Israel.
בחמר שעורים. וכתוב כי עשרת הבתים חומר ושם כתוב האיפ׳ והבת והנה זרע איפת שעורים בחמשה שקלים וזו גזרת המלך כדמי העבד:
2A HOMER OF BARLEY. Scripture writes, for ten baths are a homer (Ezek. 45:14). Scripture there writes, The ephah and the bath (Ezek. 45:11).57 are equal. Note, the sowing of an ephah of barley is valued at five shekalim.58, for an ephah is a tenth of a homer. This is a decree of the King regarding the monetary value of a slave.59. (Ex. 21:32). It makes no difference whether the slave in reality is worth more or less than the latter. Similarly with a field. A field is arbitrarily valued at 50 shekels per the sowing of a homer of barley, whether the field is worth more or less.