Leviticus 27:10-21,28
– They must not exchange it or
substitute a good one for a bad one, or a bad one for a good one; if they should substitute one animal for
another, both it and the substitute become holy. If what they vowed is
a ceremonially unclean animal—one that is not acceptable as an offering to the Lord—the animal must be presented to the
priest, who will judge its quality as good or bad.
Whatever value the priest then sets, that is what it will be. If the owner wishes
to redeem the animal, a fifth must be added to its value. “‘If
anyone dedicates their house as something holy to the Lord, the priest will judge its quality as
good or bad. Whatever value the priest then sets, so it will remain. If the one who
dedicates their house wishes to redeem it, they must add a fifth to its value,
and the house will again become theirs. “‘If anyone dedicates to the Lord part of their family land, its value is to
be set according to the amount of seed required for it—fifty shekels of silver
to a homer of barley seed. If they dedicate a
field during the Year of Jubilee, the value that has been set remains. But if they dedicate
a field after the Jubilee, the priest will determine the value according to the number
of years that remain until the next Year of Jubilee, and its set value will be
reduced. If the one who dedicates the field
wishes to redeem it, they must add a fifth to its value, and the field will
again become theirs. If, however, they do not redeem the
field, or if they have sold it to someone else, it can never be redeemed. When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the Lord; it will become priestly property…“‘But nothing that a person owns and
devotes to the Lord—whether a human being or an animal or family
land—may be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to
the Lord.
Application:
- · The devoted thing became totally the Lord’s. Achan’s sin in the book of Joshua was the greater because he stole what had been devoted to the Lord.
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