Levítico 27:27

27 Si se trata de animales impuros, se podrán rescatar pagando el valor fijado por el sacerdote, más una quinta parte. Si no se rescata, se venderá en el precio que el sacerdote haya fijado.

Levítico 27:27 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 27:27

And if [it be] of an unclean beast
This is to be understood, not of the firstling of unclean creatures in common, which were to be redeemed with a lamb, and not with money, according to the estimation of the priest, and a fifth part added to that; but of such as were sanctified, or vowed, for the reparation of the sanctuary, as Jarchi notes:

then he shall redeem [it] according to thine estimation;
the price the priest should set upon it, how much it was worth in his judgment:

and shall add a fifth [part] of it thereto;
to the price, set upon a fifth part of that over and above the sum; this the sanctifier, or he that made the vow, was obliged to pay, if he thought fit to redeem it:

or if it be not redeemed;
by him, he does not choose to give the price, and the fifth part:

then it shall be sold according to thy estimation;
to another man, without the fifth part, that chooses to purchase it, and then the purchase money was laid out for sacred uses.

Levítico 27:27 In-Context

25 »Todo precio se fijará según la tasación oficial del santuario, que es de diez gramos por moneda.

26 »Sin embargo, nadie podrá consagrar la primera cría de su ganado, sea de res o de oveja, pues por derecho las primeras crías le pertenecen al SEÑOR.

27 Si se trata de animales impuros, se podrán rescatar pagando el valor fijado por el sacerdote, más una quinta parte. Si no se rescata, se venderá en el precio que el sacerdote haya fijado.

28 »Nadie podrá vender ni rescatar sus bienes, sean hombres, animales o campos, si los ha consagrado como propiedad exclusiva del SEÑOR. Todo cuanto se consagra como propiedad exclusiva del SEÑOR, es cosa santísima.

29 Ninguna persona así consagrada podrá ser rescatada, sino que será condenada a muerte.