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הבעלים נותנין עשרים ושש, ״בעשרים ושתים״ — הבעלים נותנין עשרים ושבע,
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 treasury will not receive less than the 21 sela offer proposed by the other person. If the owner says he will pay 20 sela and another person said: The field is hereby mine for a payment of 22 sela, the owner gives 27 sela and takes the field.
״בעשרים ושלש״ — הבעלים נותנין עשרים ושמונה, ״בעשרים וארבע״ — הבעלים נותנין עשרים ותשע, ״בעשרים וחמש״ — הבעלים נותנין שלשים, שאין מוסיפין חומש על עלויו של זה.
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 field. If the owner says he will pay 20 sela and another said: The field is hereby mine for a payment of 25 sela, the owner gives 30 sela, as the owner adds 1/5th only to the amount that he bid, and does not add 1/5th to the addition of that other person.
אמר אחד: ״הרי שלי בעשרים ושש״, אם רצו הבעלים ליתן שלשים ואחד ודינר — הבעלים קודמין, ואם לאו — אומר לו: ״הגעתיך״.
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 bid, as it is more than the Temple treasury can compel the owner to pay.