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a field specially set apart* for the Lord. It will
become the property of the priests.
22 “If someone dedicates to the Lord a field
he has purchased but which is not part of his
family property, 23 the priest will assess its value
based on the number of years left until the next
Year of Jubilee. On that day he must give the assessed value of the land as a sacred donation
to the Lord. 24 In the Year of Jubilee the field
must be returned to the person from whom he
purchased it, the one who inherited it as family
property. 25 (All the payments must be measured
by the weight of the sanctuary shekel,* which
equals twenty gerahs.)
26 “You may not dedicate a firstborn animal to
the Lord, for the firstborn of your cattle, sheep,
and goats already belong to him. 27 However,
you may buy back the firstborn of a ceremonially unclean animal by paying the priest’s assessment of its worth, plus 20 percent. If you
27:21 The Hebrew term used here refers to the complete
consecration of things or people to the Lord, either by
destroying them or by giving them as an offering; also
in 27:28, 29. 27:25 Each shekel was about 0.4 ounces
[11 grams] in weight.
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do not buy it back, the priest will sell it at its
assessed value.
28 “However, anything specially set apart for
the Lord—whether a person, an animal, or family property—must never be sold or bought back.
Anything devoted in this way has been set apart
as holy, and it belongs to the Lord. 29 No person
specially set apart for destruction may be bought
back. Such a person must be put to death.
30 “One-tenth of the produce of the land,
whether grain from the fields or fruit from the
trees, belongs to the Lord and must be set apart
to him as holy. 31 If you want to buy back the
Lord’s tenth of the grain or fruit, you must pay
its value, plus 20 percent. 32 Count off every tenth
animal from your herds and flocks and set them
apart for the Lord as holy. 33 You may not pick
and choose between good and bad animals, and
you may not substitute one for another. But if
you do exchange one animal for another, then
both the original animal and its substitute will
be considered holy and cannot be bought back.”
34 These are the commands that the Lord gave
through Moses on Mount Sinai for the Israelites.