Leviticus 27:23-33

23 then the priest shall calculate for him the amount of your valuation up to the year of jubilee; and he shall on that day give your valuation as holy to the LORD.
24 'In the year of jubilee the field shall return to the one from whom he bought it, to whom the possession of the land belongs.
25 'Every valuation of yours, moreover, shall be after 1the shekel of the sanctuary. The shekel shall be twenty gerahs.
26 '2However, a firstborn among animals, which as a firstborn belongs to the LORD, no man may consecrate it; whether ox or sheep, it is the LORD'S.
27 'But if it is among the unclean animals, then he shall redeem it according to your valuation and add to it one-fifth of it; and if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.
28 'Nevertheless, 3anything which a man sets apart to the LORD out of all that he has, of man or animal or of the fields of his own property, shall not be sold or redeemed. Anything devoted to destruction is most holy to the LORD.
29 'No * one who may have been set apart among men shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.
30 'Thus 4all the tithe of the land, of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD'S; it is holy to the LORD.
31 'If, therefore, a man wishes to redeem part of his tithe, he shall add to it one-fifth of it.
32 'For every tenth part of herd or flock, whatever * 5passes under the rod, the tenth one shall be holy to the LORD.
33 '6He is not to be concerned whether it is good or bad, nor shall he exchange it; or if he does exchange it, then both it and its substitute shall become holy. It shall not be redeemed.' "

Leviticus 27:23-33 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVEITICUS 27

This chapter contains various laws concerning vows made unto the Lord, whether of persons whose estimation was to be made by the priest, according to their age, sex, and condition, Le 26:1-8; or of beasts, clean and unclean, good or bad, Le 26:9-13; or of houses, fields, and lands, the estimation of which was to be according to its seed, and the time of its being set apart, whether from or after the year of jubilee, and the number of years to it, Le 26:14-25; with this exception to the above laws, that no firstling of the Lord's might be sanctified, and if an unclean beast it might be redeemed, but nothing devoted to the Lord, whether of man, beast, or field, might be sold or redeemed, Le 26:26-29; and the chapter is concluded with some laws concerning the redemption or change of tithes, what might or what might not be redeemed or changed, Le 26:30-34;

Cross References 6

  • 1. Exodus 30:13; Leviticus 27:3; Numbers 3:47; Numbers 18:16
  • 2. Exodus 13:2
  • 3. Numbers 18:14; Joshua 6:17-19
  • 4. Genesis 28:22; 2 Chronicles 31:5; Nehemiah 13:12
  • 5. Jeremiah 33:13; Ezekiel 20:37
  • 6. Leviticus 27:10

Footnotes 6

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