Leviticus 27:28
Contemporary English Version
28 (A) Anything that you completely dedicate to me must be completely destroyed.[a] It cannot be bought back or sold. Every person, animal, and piece of property that you dedicate completely is only for me.
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- 27.28 completely dedicate … completely destroyed: In order to show that something belonged completely to the Lord and could not be used by anyone else, it was destroyed. This law most often applied to towns and people captured in war (see Joshua 6.16,17).
Leviticus 27:28
New International Version
28 “‘But nothing that a person owns and devotes[a](A) to the Lord—whether a human being or an animal or family land—may be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy(B) to the Lord.
Footnotes
- Leviticus 27:28 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord.
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