Lévitique 27:33

33 On n'examinera point si l'animal est bon ou mauvais, et l'on ne fera point d'échange; si l'on remplace un animal par un autre, ils seront l'un et l'autre chose sainte, et ne pourront être rachetés.

Lévitique 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.

Lévitique 27:33 In-Context

31 Si quelqu'un veut racheter quelque chose de sa dîme, il y ajoutera un cinquième.

32 Toute dîme de gros et de menu bétail, de tout ce qui passe sous la houlette, sera une dîme consacrée à l'Eternel.

33 On n'examinera point si l'animal est bon ou mauvais, et l'on ne fera point d'échange; si l'on remplace un animal par un autre, ils seront l'un et l'autre chose sainte, et ne pourront être rachetés.

34 Tels sont les commandements que l'Eternel donna à Moïse pour les enfants d'Israël, sur la montagne de Sinaï.