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Text -- Leviticus 27:24-34 (NET)
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27:24 In the jubilee year the field will return to the one from whom he bought it, the one to whom it belongs as landed property .
27:25 Every conversion value must be calculated by the standard of the sanctuary shekel ; twenty gerahs to the shekel .
Redemption of the Firstborn
27:26 “‘Surely no man may consecrate a firstborn that already belongs to the Lord as a firstborn among the animals ; whether it is an ox or a sheep , it belongs to the Lord .
27:27 If , however, it is among the unclean animals , he may ransom it according to its conversion value and must add one fifth to it, but if it is not redeemed it must be sold according to its conversion value .
Things Permanently Dedicated to the Lord
27:28 “‘Surely anything which a man permanently dedicates to the Lord from all that belongs to him, whether from people , animals , or his landed property , must be neither sold nor redeemed ; anything permanently dedicated is most holy to the Lord .
27:29 Any human being who is permanently dedicated must not be ransomed ; such a person must be put to death .
Redemption of the Tithe
27:30 “‘Any tithe of the land , from the grain of the land or from the fruit of the trees , belongs to the Lord ; it is holy to the Lord .
27:31 If a man redeems part of his tithe , however, he must add one fifth to it.
27:32 All the tithe of herd or flock , everything which passes under the rod , the tenth one will be holy to the Lord .
27:33 The owner must not examine the animals to distinguish between good and bad , and he must not exchange it. If , however, he does exchange it, both the original animal and its substitute will be holy . It must not be redeemed .’”
Final Colophon
27:34 These are the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses to tell the Israelites at Mount Sinai .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
TITHE |
VOW |
CRITICISM |
LAW OF MOSES |
Consecrated Things |
Israel |
Dedication |
LEVITICUS, 1 |
Property |
Redemption |
EZEKIEL, 2 |
TITHE OR TENTH |
Firstborn |
ANATHEMA |
Tithes |
Vows |
Gerah |
TALMUD |
Shepherd |
LEVITICUS, 2 |
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NET Notes: Lev 27:28 Heb “Surely, any permanently dedicated [thing] which a man shall permanently dedicate to the Lord.” The Hebrew term חֵר&...
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NET Notes: Lev 27:30 On the “tithe” system in Israel, see R. E. Averbeck, NIDOTTE 2:1035-55 and esp. pp. 1041-42 on Lev 27:30-33.
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NET Notes: Lev 27:32 The tithed animal was the tenth one that passed under the shepherd’s rod or staff as they were being counted (see J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC]...
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