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If the offerer exchanges one animal in place of another, both the original and its substitute shall become sacred. <span id="v03027011" class="ver">11</span>If any unclean animal which is unfit for sacrifice<a id="ren03027011-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en03027011-d">d</a> to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> is vowed, it must be set before the priest, <span id="v03027012" class="ver">12</span>who shall determine its value<a id="rfn03027012-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn03027012-1">*</a> in keeping with its good or bad qualities, and the value set by the priest shall stand. <span id="v03027013" class="ver">13</span>If the offerer wishes to redeem the animal, the person shall pay one fifth more than this valuation.<a id="ren03027013-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en03027013-e">e</a></p> <p><span id="v03027014" class="ver">14</span><a id="rfn03027014-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn03027014-1">*</a> When someone dedicates a house as sacred to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,<a id="rfn03027014-2" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn03027014-2">*</a> the priest shall determine its value in keeping with its good or bad qualities, and the value set by the priest shall stand. <span id="v03027015" class="ver">15</span>A person dedicating a house who then wishes to redeem it shall pay one fifth more than the price thus established, and then it will again belong to that individual.<a id="ren03027015-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en03027015-f">f</a></p> <p><span id="v03027016" class="ver">16</span>If someone dedicates to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> a portion of hereditary land, its valuation shall be made according to the amount of seed required to sow it, the acreage sown with a homer<a id="rfn03027016-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn03027016-1">*</a> of barley seed being valued at fifty silver shekels. <span id="v03027017" class="ver">17</span>If the dedication of a field is made at the beginning of a jubilee period, the full valuation shall hold; <span id="v03027018" class="ver">18</span>but if it is some time after this, the priest shall estimate its money value according to the number of years left until the next jubilee year, with a corresponding reduction on the valuation.<a id="ren03027018-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en03027018-g">g</a> <span id="v03027019" class="ver">19</span>A person dedicating a field who then wishes to redeem<a id="rfn03027019-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn03027019-1">*</a> <a id="ren03027019-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en03027019-h">h</a> it shall pay one fifth more than the price thus established, and so reclaim it. <span id="v03027020" class="ver">20</span>If, instead of redeeming such a field, one sells it<a id="rfn03027020-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn03027020-1">*</a> to another, it may no longer be redeemed; <span id="v03027021" class="ver">21</span>but at the jubilee it shall be released<a id="ren03027021-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en03027021-i">i</a> as sacred<a id="rfn03027021-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn03027021-1">*</a> to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>; like a field that is put under the ban, it shall become priestly property.</p> <p><span id="v03027022" class="ver">22</span>If someone dedicates to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> a field that was purchased and was not part of hereditary property, <span id="v03027023" class="ver">23</span>the priest shall compute its value in proportion to the number of years until the next jubilee, and on the same day the person shall pay the price thus established, a sacred donation to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>; <span id="v03027024" class="ver">24</span>at the jubilee the field shall revert to the hereditary owner of this land from whom it had been purchased.<a id="rfn03027024-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn03027024-1">*</a></p> <p><span id="v03027025" class="ver">25</span>Every valuation shall be made according to the standard of the sanctuary shekel. There are twenty gerahs to the shekel.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Irredeemable Offerings.</span> <span id="v03027026" class="ver">26</span><a id="rfn03027026-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn03027026-1">*</a> Note that a firstborn animal,<a id="ren03027026-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en03027026-j">j</a> which as such already belongs to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, may not be dedicated. Whether an ox or a sheep, it is the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>’s. <span id="v03027027" class="ver">27</span>But if it is an unclean animal,<a id="rfn03027027-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn03027027-1">*</a> it may be redeemed by paying one fifth more than its value. If it is not redeemed, it shall be sold at its value.</p> <p><span id="v03027028" class="ver">28</span>Note, also, that any possession which someone puts under the ban<a id="rfn03027028-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn03027028-1">*</a> for the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, whether it is a human being, an animal, or a hereditary field, shall be neither sold nor redeemed; everything that is put under the ban becomes most holy to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.<a id="ren03027028-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en03027028-k">k</a> <span id="v03027029" class="ver">29</span>All human beings that are put under the ban cannot be redeemed; they must be put to death.<a id="ren03027029-l" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en03027029-l">l</a></p> <p><span id="v03027030" class="ver">30</span><a id="rfn03027030-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn03027030-1">*</a> All tithes of the land, whether in grain from the fields or in fruit from the trees, belong to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>; they are sacred to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.<a id="ren03027030-m" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en03027030-m">m</a> <span id="v03027031" class="ver">31</span>If someone wishes to redeem any of the tithes, the person shall pay one fifth more than their value. <span id="v03027032" class="ver">32</span>The tithes of the herd and the flock, every tenth animal that passes under the herdsman’s rod, shall be sacred to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>. <span id="v03027033" class="ver">33</span>It shall not matter whether good ones or bad ones are thus chosen, and no exchange may be made. If any exchange is made, both the original animal and its substitute become sacred and cannot be redeemed.</p> <p><span id="v03027034" class="ver">34</span>These are the commandments which the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> gave Moses on Mount Sinai for the Israelites.<a id="ren03027034-n" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en03027034-n">n</a></p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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