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24 In the year of jubilee the field shall return to the one from whom he bought it, to whom the possession of the land belongs. 25 Every valuation of yours, moreover, shall be according to (A)the shekel of the sanctuary. The shekel shall be twenty [a]gerahs.

26 (B)However, a firstborn among animals, which as a firstborn belongs to Yahweh, no man may set it apart as holy; whether ox or sheep, it is Yahweh’s.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 27:25 A gerah was approx. 0.025 oz. or 0.7 gm

24 In the Year of Jubilee the field will revert to the person from whom it was bought,(A) the one whose land it was. 25 Every value is to be set according to the sanctuary shekel,(B) twenty gerahs(C) to the shekel.

26 “‘No one, however, may dedicate the firstborn of an animal, since the firstborn already belongs to the Lord;(D) whether an ox[a] or a sheep, it is the Lord’s.

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  1. Leviticus 27:26 The Hebrew word can refer to either male or female.