Leviticus 27:11

11 But if [it is] any unclean animal from which they may not present an offering for Yahweh, then he shall present the animal {before} the priest.

Leviticus 27:11 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 27:11

And if [it be] any unclean beast, of which they do not offer
a sacrifice unto the Lord
Any creature, excepting a dog, the price of which was not to be brought into the house of the Lord; besides oxen, sheep, goats, rams, and lambs; though some understand it even of such that have blemishes on them, and so not fit to be offered unto the Lord; so Jarchi and others ^F24:

then he shall present the beast before the priest;
to be viewed, examined, and judged of as to its worth, and a value put upon it, that it might be sold or redeemed, as no other but a beast might; so it is observed birds, wood, frankincense, and ministering vessels, have no redemption, for it is only said a beast ^F25.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 Maimon. & Bartenora in Misn. Menachot, c. 12. sect. 1.
F25 Misn. ib.

Leviticus 27:11 In-Context

9 " 'And if [it is] a domestic animal from which they present an offering for Yahweh, all that he gives from it for Yahweh shall be a holy object.

10 He shall not replace it, nor shall he exchange it, [either] good with bad or bad with good; and if he indeed exchanges a domestic animal with a domestic animal, then {it and its substitution shall be a holy object}.

11 But if [it is] any unclean animal from which they may not present an offering for Yahweh, then he shall present the animal {before} the priest.

12 And the priest shall set a value on it, {either good or bad}; as the priest [sets] your proper value, so it shall be.

13 And if he indeed wants to redeem it, then he shall add a fifth of it onto your proper value.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "And"
• [b]. Or "and"
• [c]. Literally "to the faces of"