![]() This law most often applied to towns and people captured in war (see Numbers 21:1-3 Joshua 6:16, 17). The law described in verses 28 and 29 indicates that something dedicated completely to the LORD could not be used by anyone else and had to be destroyed. Much of what is described in the book of Leviticus, such as what is found in chapter 27, is not part of modern-day life. One tenth of all the produce of the land, whether grain or fruit, belongs to the LORD. If you do substitute one animal for another, then both animals will belong to the Lord and may not be bought back.ģ4 These are the commands that the Lord gave Moses on Mount Sinai for the people of Israel. ![]() 33 You may not arrange the animals so that the poor animals are chosen, and you may not make any substitutions. When the animals are counted, every tenth one belongs to the Lord. 32 One of every ten domestic animals belongs to the Lord. 31 If you wish to buy any of it back, you must pay the standard price plus an additional 20 percent. 29 Not even human beings who have been unconditionally dedicated may be bought back they must be put to death.ģ0 One tenth of all the produce of the land, whether grain or fruit, belongs to the Lord. If it is not bought back, it may be sold to someone else at the standard price.Ģ8 None of you may sell or buy back what you have unconditionally dedicated to the Lord, whether it is a human being, an animal, or land. A calf, a lamb, or a kid belongs to the Lord, 27 but the first-born of an unclean animal may be bought back at the standard price plus an additional 20 percent. 24 At the Year of Restoration the field shall be returned to the original owner or to the descendants.Ģ5 All prices shall be set according to the official standard.Ģ6 The first-born of an animal already belongs to the Lord, so no one may dedicate it to him as a freewill offering. 21 At the next Year of Restoration the field will become the Lord's permanent property it shall belong to the priests.Ģ2 If you dedicate to the Lord a field that you have bought, 23 the priest shall estimate its value according to the number of years until the next Year of Restoration, and you must pay the price that very day the money belongs to the Lord. 20 If you sell the field to someone else without first buying it back from the Lord, you lose the right to buy it back. ![]() ![]() 19 If you wish to buy your field back, you must pay the price plus an additional 20 percent. 18 If you dedicate it any time later, the priest shall estimate the cash value according to the number of years left until the next Year of Restoration, and set a reduced price. 17 If you dedicate the land immediately after a Year of Restoration, the full price applies. 16 If any of you dedicate part of your land to the Lord, the price shall be set according to the amount of seed it takes to sow it, at the rate of ten pieces of silver per bushel of barley. ![]()
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