Leviticus 27:28
Anything that you specially dedicate to the Lord from what you own, whether it's a person, an animal, or your land, can't be sold or bought back. Anything specially dedicated is most holy to the Lord.
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29No one who is specially dedicated to destruction can be bought back. They must be killed.
Cross References
Exodus 22:20Anyone who sacrifices to any other god than the Lord must be set apart and executed.
Leviticus 27:21When the Jubilee comes, the field will become holy, in the same way as a field devoted to the Lord. It will become the property of the priests.
Numbers 21:2So Israel made a solemn promise to the Lord: “If you hand these people over to us, we pledge to completely destroy their towns.”
Deuteronomy 13:15then you have to kill the people living in that town with the sword. Set apart for destruction its people and its livestock.
Deuteronomy 25:19Once the Lord your God gives you peace after fighting your enemies in the country that he's giving you to take over and own, you are to wipe out even the memory of the Amalekites from the earth. Don't forget!
Joshua 6:26At that time Joshua declared a curse, saying: “Cursed before the Lord is anyone who attempts to rebuild this city of Jericho. He lays its foundation at the cost of his firstborn son; he sets up its gates at the cost of his youngest son.”
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 27:27-34
26 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. 27 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. 28 Notwithstanding 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,… Read the whole commentary →