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Leviticus 27:29 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" “‘No one devoted to destruction, who shall be devoted from among men, shall be ransomed. He shall surely be put to death. "
Leviticus 27:29
Verse in Context
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27 If it is an unclean animal, then he shall buy it back according to your valuation, and shall add to it the fifth part of it; or if it isn’t redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.
28 “‘Notwithstanding, no devoted thing that a man devotes to the LORD of all that he has, whether of man or animal, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed. Everything that is permanently devoted is most holy to the LORD.
29 “‘No one devoted to destruction, who shall be devoted from among men, shall be ransomed. He shall surely be put to death.
30 “‘All the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the LORD’s. It is holy to the LORD.
31 If a man redeems anything of his tithe, he shall add a fifth part to it.
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Leviticus 27:1
"The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,"
Leviticus 27:2
"“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘When a man consecrates a person to the LORD in a vow, according to your valuation,"
Leviticus 27:3
"your valuation of a male from twenty years old to sixty years old shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary."
Leviticus 27:4
"If she is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels."
Leviticus 27:5
"If the person is from five years old to twenty years old, then your valuation shall be for a male twenty shekels, and for a female ten shekels."
Leviticus 27:6
"If the person is from a month old to five years old, then your valuation shall be for a male five shekels of silver, and for a female your valuation shall be three shekels of silver."
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