Leviticus 27:21-30

Living Bible

²¹ When it is freed in the Year of Jubilee, it shall belong to the Lord as a field devoted to him, and it shall be given to the priests.

²² “If a man dedicates to the Lord a field he has bought, but which is not part of his family possession, ²³ the priest shall estimate the value until the Year of Jubilee, and he shall immediately give that estimated value to the Lord, ²⁴ and in the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to the original owner from whom it was bought. ²⁵ All the valuations shall be stated in standard money.^[a]

²⁶ “You may not dedicate to the Lord the firstborn of any ox or sheep, for it is already his. ²⁷ But if it is the firstborn of an animal that cannot be sacrificed because it is not on the list of those acceptable to the Lord, then the owner shall pay the priest’s estimate of its worth, plus 20 percent; or if the owner does not redeem it, the priest may sell it to someone else. ²⁸ However, anything utterly devoted to the Lord—people, animals, or inherited fields—shall not be sold or redeemed, for they are most holy to the Lord. ²⁹ No one sentenced by the courts to die may pay a fine instead; he shall surely be put to death.^[b]

³⁰ “A tenth of the produce of the land, whether grain or fruit, is the Lord’s, and is holy.