Leviticus 27:29
No one who is specially dedicated to destruction can be bought back. They must be killed.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.
In Context
30Tithe from your crops or fruit belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord.
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:3Go and attack the Amalekites and exterminate all of them. Don't spare anyone, but kill every man, woman, child, and baby; every ox, sheep, camel, and donkey.”
1 Samuel 15:18Then he sent you out to do something, telling you, ‘Go and exterminate those sinners, the Amalekites. Attack them until they're all destroyed.’
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 →