Lévitique 27:33

33 On ne distinguera pas entre le bon et le mauvais, et on ne le changera pas; si on le change, l'animal remplacé et celui qui le remplace seront l'un et l'autre consacrés: ils 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 Et si quelqu'un veut racheter quelque chose de sa dîme, il y ajoutera le cinquième en sus.

32 Mais pour toute dîme de gros et de menu bétail, pour tout ce qui passe sous la verge, le dixième en sera consacré à l'Éternel.

33 On ne distinguera pas entre le bon et le mauvais, et on ne le changera pas; si on le change, l'animal remplacé et celui qui le remplace seront l'un et l'autre consacrés: ils ne pourront être rachetés.

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