ואם משדה אחזתו. שיירש עם ישראל: AND IF…HIS POSSESSION. Which he inherited with the nation of Israel.
חמר שעורים. וכתוב כי עשרת הבתים חומר ושם כתוב האיפ׳ והבת והנה זרע איפת שעורים בחמשה שקלים וזו גזרת המלך כדמי העבד: A 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).57The ephah and the bath are equal. Note, the sowing of an ephah of barley is valued at five shekalim.58The sowing of a homer of barley is valued at fifty shekels. Thus an ephah of barley is valued at five shekalim, for an ephah is a tenth of a homer. This is a decree of the King regarding the monetary value of a slave.59This is to be understood as follows: We find a similar divine decree with regard to the monetary value of a slave. A slave is valued at 30 shekalim. (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.