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the owner gives 26 sela and takes the field. He pays the 20 that he initially offered; plus 5 sela, which is 1/5th of the total future sum, i.e., 1/4th of his initial offer. In addition, he adds one sela, the difference between his initial offer and that of the other person, so that the Temple treas
If the owner says he will pay 20 sela and another said: The field is hereby mine for a payment of 23 sela, the owner gives 28 sela and takes the field. If the owner says he will pay 20 sela and another said: The field is hereby mine for a payment of 24 sela, the owner gives 29 sela and takes the fie
If the owner said he will pay 20 sela and one other person said: The field is hereby mine for a payment of 26 sela, if the owner wished to pay 31 sela and a dinar the owner takes precedence; and if not, the treasurer says to the other person: The field has come into your possession based on your
Talmud: The Mishnah teaches that if one said: The field is mine for 10 sela, and another said for 20, and another said 30, and another said 40, and yet another said 50; and then the one who bid 50 reneged on his offer, the treasurer repossesses from his property up to 10 sela, and it is redeemed by
But if the one who offered 40 does not stand in his place, i.e., he too reneged on his offer, then the additional amount they had offered is divided between the one who initially offered 50 and the one who offered 40, as follows: The one who offered 50 pays all 10 of the difference between 90, but