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27 And if it is among the unclean animals, then[a] he shall ransom it according to your proper value, and he shall add a fifth of its value onto it; and if it is not redeemed, then[b] it shall be sold according to your proper value. 28 However, anything devoted[c] that a man has devoted to Yahweh from all that he has,[d] from human or[e] animal, or[f] from the field of his property, may not be sold, and it may not be redeemed; anything devoted is a most holy thing[g] for Yahweh. 29 Anyone devoted who is devoted from human beings[h] cannot be ransomed—he shall surely be put to death.

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  1. Leviticus 27:27 Or “and”
  2. Leviticus 27:27 Or “and”
  3. Leviticus 27:28 Or “permanently set apart”; a different Hebrew word than previously translated “consecrated” in this chapter
  4. Leviticus 27:28 Literally “from all that is for him”
  5. Leviticus 27:28 Or “and”
  6. Leviticus 27:28 Or “and”
  7. Leviticus 27:28 Literally “a holy thing of holy things”
  8. Leviticus 27:29 Literally “the human”

27 If it is one of the unclean animals,(A) it may be bought back at its set value, adding a fifth of the value to it. If it is not redeemed, it is to be sold at its set value.

28 “‘But nothing that a person owns and devotes[a](B) to the Lord—whether a human being or an animal or family land—may be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy(C) to the Lord.

29 “‘No person devoted to destruction[b] may be ransomed; they are to be put to death.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 27:28 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord.
  2. Leviticus 27:29 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.