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 after (A)the shekel of the sanctuary. The shekel shall be twenty gerahs.

26 (B)However, a firstborn among animals, which as a firstborn belongs to the Lord, no man may consecrate it; whether ox or sheep, it is the Lord’s.

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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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Footnotes

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