Levitico 27:33

33 Non discernasi tra buono e cattivo; e non permutisi l’un con l’altro; e se pure alcuno permuta l’un con l’altro, quel decimo, e quell’altro messo in suo scambio, saranno cosa sacra; non si potranno riscattare.

Levitico 27:33 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 27:33

He shall not search whether it be good or bad
In a good or bad state of health, fat or lean, perfect or blemished, but take it as it is, be it what it will:

neither shall he change it;
neither for the better nor the worse, no alteration was to be made, but the beast was to be taken as it came:

and if he change it at all, then both it and the change shall be holy;
be sacred to the Lord, and for his use and service; this was done to restrain men from making any alteration, since if they did, both the one and the other were taken from them; yea, were to be beaten with forty stripes, save one ^F2; whether this change was of the herd with the flock, or of the flock with the herd; or of lambs with goats, or goats with lambs; or of males with females, or of females with males; or of perfect with blemished ones, or of blemished ones with perfect ones:

it shall not be redeemed;
from whence the Jews ^F3 gather, that a tithe beast was not to be bought and sold, whether blemished or unblemished.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 Misnah Temurah, c. 1. sect. 1, 2.
F3 Maimon. Hilchot Becorot, c. 6. sect. 5, 6.

Levitico 27:33 In-Context

31 E se pure alcuno vuol riscattar delle sue decime, sopraggiunga il quinto al prezzo di esse.

32 Parimente sia cosa sacra al Signore ogni decima di buoi, e di pecore, e di capre; ogni decimo animale di tutti quelli che passano sotto la verga.

33 Non discernasi tra buono e cattivo; e non permutisi l’un con l’altro; e se pure alcuno permuta l’un con l’altro, quel decimo, e quell’altro messo in suo scambio, saranno cosa sacra; non si potranno riscattare.

34 Questi sono i comandamenti che il Signore diede a Mosè, nel monte di Sinai, per proporli a’ figliuoli d’Israele.