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Leviticus 27:28

26 But no one may consecrate a firstborn of the livestock, because a firstborn belongs to the LORD. Whether it is an ox or a sheep, it is the LORD’s.

27 But if it is among the unclean animals, then he may redeem it according to your valuation and add a fifth of its value. If it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.

Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.

29 No person set apart for destruction may be ransomed; he must surely be put to death.

30 Thus any tithe from the land, whether from the seed of the land or the fruit of the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.
KJV
Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the LORD.
WEB
“‘Notwithstanding, no devoted thing that a man devotes to the LORD of all that he has, whether of man or animal, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed. Everything that is permanently devoted is most holy to the LORD.
ASV
Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto Jehovah of all that he hath, whether of man or beast, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto Jehovah.
DARBY
Notwithstanding, no devoted thing that a man hath devoted to Jehovah of all that he hath, of man or beast, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy to Jehovah.
BLB
Nevertheless any devoted thing that a man may devote to YHWH of all that [is] unto him, man and beast, or the field of his possession, shall not be sold and it shall not be redeemed. Every devoted thing [is] holy of holies to YHWH.
ÅB
Men intet bannlyst som noen vier til Herren av alt det han eier, må selges eller innløses, enten det er folk eller fe eller jordeiendom; alt bannlyst er høyhellig for Herren.
OTB
"‘Ingenting som en person eier og vier til Herren—enten menneske, dyr eller familiejord—kan selges eller innløses; alt som er viet på denne måten er høyhellig for Herren.
B1930
Men intet bannlyst som nogen vier til Herren av alt det han eier, må selges eller innløses, enten det er folk eller fe eller jordeiendom; alt bannlyst er høihellig for Herren.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Joshua 6:17–19

    Now the city and everything in it must be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all those with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies we sent.

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  • Exodus 22:20

    If anyone sacrifices to any god other than the LORD alone, he must be set apart for destruction.

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  • Deuteronomy 20:16–17

    However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.

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  • Leviticus 27:21

    When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the LORD; it becomes the property of the priests.

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  • Deuteronomy 25:19

    When the LORD your God gives you rest from the enemies around you in the land that He is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you are to blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!

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  • Deuteronomy 7:1–2

    When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—

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  • Joshua 7:11–13

    Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own possessions.

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  • Joshua 6:26

    At that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates.”

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