Redeem any of his tithe: since the tithe is thought of in terms of money in many cultures today, it may be better to make this more explicit, with something like “If a person wants to buy back any of the grain or fruit he has given to the LORD….”

Add a fifth to it: that is, twenty percent more than the usual price. See verse 13 and 5.16.

Quoted with permission from Péter-Contesse, René and Ellington, John. A Handbook on Leviticus. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1990. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .