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46 These are the statutes and judgments and from your valuation. And if he who dedicates
laws which the LORD made between Himself the field ever wishes to redeem it, then he
and the children of Israel on Mount Sinai by must add one-fifth of the money of your valua-
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the hand of Moses. tion to it, and it shall belong to him. But if he
Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, does not want to redeem the field, or if he has
27 “Speak to the children of Israel, and sold the field to another man, it shall not be
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say to them: ‘When a man consecrates by a redeemed anymore; but the field, when it is
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vow certain persons to the LORD, according to released in the Jubilee, shall be holy to the
your valuation, if your valuation is of a male LORD, as a devoted field; it shall be the pos-
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from twenty years old up to sixty years old, session of the priest.
then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of sil- 22 ‘And if a man dedicates to the LORD a field
ver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary. which he has bought, which is not the field of
4 If it is a female, then your valuation shall be his possession, then the priest shall reckon
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thirty shekels; and if from five years old up to to him the worth of your valuation, up to the
twenty years old, then your valuation for a Year of Jubilee, and he shall give your valua-
male shall be twenty shekels, and for a female tion on that day as a holy offering to the LORD.
ten shekels; and if from a month old up to five 24 In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to
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years old, then your valuation for a male shall him from whom it was bought, to the one who
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be five shekels of silver, and for a female your owned the land as a possession. And all your
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valuation shall be three shekels of silver; and valuations shall be according to the shekel of
if from sixty years old and above, if it is a male, the sanctuary: twenty gerahs to the shekel.
then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels, 26 ‘But the firstborn of the animals, which
and for a female ten shekels. should be the LORD’s firstborn, no man shall
8 ‘But if he is too poor to pay your valuation, dedicate; whether it is an ox or sheep, it is the
then he shall present himself before the priest, LORD’s. And if it is an unclean animal, then he
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and the priest shall set a value for him; accord- shall redeem it according to your valuation, and
ing to the ability of him who vowed, the priest shall add one-fifth to it; or if it is not redeemed,
shall value him. then it shall be sold according to your valuation.
9 ‘If it is an animal that men may bring as an 28 ‘Nevertheless no devoted offering that a
offering to the LORD, all that anyone gives to man may devote to the LORD of all that he has,
the LORD shall be holy. He shall not substitute both man and beast, or the field of his posses-
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it or exchange it, good for bad or bad for good; sion, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted
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and if he at all exchanges animal for animal, offering is most holy to the LORD. No person
then both it and the one exchanged for it shall under the ban, who may become doomed to
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be holy. If it is an unclean animal which they destruction among men, shall be redeemed,
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do not offer as a sacrifice to the LORD, then he but shall surely be put to death. And all the
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shall present the animal before the priest; and tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the
the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is land or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD’s. It
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good or bad; as you, the priest, value it, so it is holy to the LORD. If a man wants at all to
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shall be. But if he wants at all to redeem it, redeem any of his tithes, he shall add one-fifth
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then he must add one-fifth to your valuation. to it. And concerning the tithe of the herd or
14 ‘And when a man dedicates his house to be the flock, of whatever passes under the rod,
holy to the LORD, then the priest shall set a the tenth one shall be holy to the LORD. He
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value for it, whether it is good or bad; as the shall not inquire whether it is good or bad, nor
priest values it, so it shall stand. If he who shall he exchange it; and if he exchanges it at
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dedicated it wants to redeem his house, then all, then both it and the one exchanged for it
he must add one-fifth of the money of your val- shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.’ ”
uation to it, and it shall be his. 34 These are the commandments which the
16 ‘If a man dedicates to the LORD part of a LORD commanded Moses for the children of
field of his possession, then your valuation Israel on Mount Sinai.
shall be according to the seed for it. A homer
of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of Psalm 29:1–6
silver. If he dedicates his field from the Year
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of Jubilee, according to your valuation it shall A Psalm of David.
stand. But if he dedicates his field after the ive unto the LORD, O you mighty ones,
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Jubilee, then the priest shall reckon to him the G Give unto the LORD glory and strength.
money due according to the years that remain 2 Give unto the LORD the glory due to
till the Year of Jubilee, and it shall be deducted His name;
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