Leviticus 27:28
Only, no devoted thing which a man devotes to YHWH of all that he has, of man, and beast, and of the field of his possession, is sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy to YHWH.
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In Context
29No devoted thing, which is devoted of man, is ransomed, it is surely put to death.
Cross References
Exodus 22:20He who is sacrificing to a god, except to YHWH alone, is devoted.
Leviticus 27:21and the field has been, in its going out in the Jubilee, holy to YHWH as a field which is devoted; his possession is for the priest.
Numbers 21:2And Israel vows a vow to YHWH and says, “If You certainly give this people into my hand, then I have devoted their cities”;
Deuteronomy 13:15you surely strike the inhabitants of that city by the mouth of the sword, devoting it and all that [is] in it, even its livestock, by the mouth of the sword.
Deuteronomy 25:19And it has been, in your God YHWH giving rest to you from all your surrounding enemies, in the land which your God YHWH is giving to you [for] an inheritance to possess it, you blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens—you do not forget.”
Joshua 6:26And Joshua adjures [them] at that time, saying, “Cursed [is] the man before YHWH who raises up and has built this city, [even] Jericho; he lays its foundation in his firstborn, and he sets up its doors in his youngest.”
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 →