Leviticus 27:26 · KJV
“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. {firstling of: Heb. firstborn, etc}”
— Leviticus 27:26
And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
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.
Leviticus 27 — Context
In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, {even} to him to whom the possession of the land {did belong}.
25And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
26Only 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. {firstling of: Heb. firstborn, etc}
27And 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.
28Notwithstanding 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.
Cross References
Exodus 13:2
Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, {both} of man and of beast: it {is} mine.
Numbers 18:17
But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they {are} holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat {for} an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Exodus 22:30
Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, {and} with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.
Exodus 13:12-13
That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males {shall be} the LORD'S. {set...: Heb. cause to pass over}
Deuteronomy 15:19
All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.
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