Leviticus 27:24-26
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24 at the jubilee the field shall revert to the hereditary owner of this land from whom it had been purchased.[a]
25 Every valuation shall be made according to the standard of the sanctuary shekel. There are twenty gerahs to the shekel.
Irredeemable Offerings. 26 [b]Note that a firstborn animal,(A) which as such already belongs to the Lord, may not be dedicated. Whether an ox or a sheep, it is the Lord’s.
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- 27:24 In contrast to the cases in vv. 14–15 and 16–21, this land returns to the original owner since that individual did not personally make the dedication. The principle is that one cannot permanently dedicate what one does not own. Cf. 2 Sm 24:22–25.
- 27:26 Firstborn animals and human beings already belong to God (cf. Ex 13:1–2, 12; 34:19); they cannot be vowed or dedicated. Cf. Nm 18:15–18; Dt 15:19–23.
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