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Leviticus 27:28

Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, [both] of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing [is] most holy unto the LORD.

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KJV King James Version

Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, [both] of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing [is] most holy unto the LORD.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.

WEB World English Bible

“‘Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, that a man shall devote to Yahweh of all that he has, whether of man or animal, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy to Yahweh.

ASV American Standard Version

Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto Jehovah of all that he hath, whether of man or beast, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto Jehovah.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

‘Only, no devoted thing which a man devoteth to Jehovah, of all that he hath, of man, and beast, and of the field of his possession, is sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy to Jehovah.

Surrounding context — Leviticus 27

25 And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.

26 Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD’S firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether [it be] ox, or sheep: it [is] the LORD’S.

27 And if [it be] of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem [it] according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth [part] of it thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.

28 Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, [both] of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing [is] most holy unto the LORD.

29 None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; [but] shall surely be put to death.

30 And all the tithe of the land, [whether] of the seed of the land, [or] of the fruit of the tree, [is] the LORD’S: [it is] holy unto the LORD.

31 And if a man will at all redeem [ought] of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth [part] thereof.

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אַךְ־H389 · akhsurely כָּל־H3605 · kolall חֵ֡רֶםH2764 · che.remdevoted thing אֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhich יַחֲרִם֩H2763 · cha.ramto devote/destroy אִ֨ישׁH376 · ishman לַֽיהוָ֜הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD מִכָּל־H3605 · kolall אֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhich ל֗וֹH9033 · ohim מֵאָדָ֤םH120 · a.damman וּבְהֵמָה֙H929 · be.he.mahanimal וּמִשְּׂדֵ֣הH7704 · sa.daySirion אֲחֻזָּת֔וֹH272 · a.chuz.zahpossession לֹ֥אH3808 · lonot יִמָּכֵ֖רH4376 · ma.kharto sell וְלֹ֣אH3808 · lonot יִגָּאֵ֑לH1350 · ga.alto redeem: redeem כָּל־H3605 · kolall חֵ֕רֶםH2764 · che.remdevoted thing קֹֽדֶשׁ־H6944 · qo.deshholiness קָֽדָשִׁ֥יםH6944 · qo.deshholiness ה֖וּאH1931 · huhe/she/it לַיהוָֽה׃H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD

Cross-references

Joshua 6:17-19And the city shall be accursed, [even] it, and all that [are] therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that [are] with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.Leviticus 27:21But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest’s.Exodus 22:20He that sacrificeth unto [any] god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.Deuteronomy 20:16-17But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee [for] an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:Deuteronomy 25:19Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance to possess it, [that] thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget [it].1 Samuel 15:18And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.Numbers 21:2-3And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.Numbers 18:14Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.Judges 11:30-31And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,Joshua 7:1But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.Acts 23:12-14And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.Joshua 6:26And Joshua adjured [them] at that time, saying, Cursed [be] the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest [son] shall he set up the gates of it.Joshua 7:11-13Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put [it] even among their own stuff.Deuteronomy 13:15-16Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that [is] therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.Deuteronomy 7:1-2When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;Joshua 7:25And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.1 Samuel 15:3Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.Galatians 3:10For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

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