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32 When you count your flocks and herds, one out of ten of every newborn animal[a] is holy and belongs to me, 33 no matter how good or bad it is. If you substitute one animal for another, both of them become holy, and neither can be bought back.

34 Moses was on Mount Sinai when the Lord gave him these laws for the people of Israel.

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  1. 27.32 one out of ten of every newborn animal: Or “one out of every ten animals.”

32 Every tithe of the herd and flock—every tenth animal that passes under the shepherd’s rod(A)—will be holy to the Lord. 33 No one may pick out the good from the bad or make any substitution.(B) If anyone does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute become holy and cannot be redeemed.(C)’”

34 These are the commands the Lord gave Moses at Mount Sinai(D) for the Israelites.(E)

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