Leviticus 27:32

One of every ten domestic animals belongs to me. When a shepherd counts his animals [MTY] to decide which ones he will give to me, he must mark every tenth one as belonging to me.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.

In Context

31If anyone wants to buy back any of that tenth, he must pay to the priest what it is worth plus an additional 20 percent.

33When he does that, he must not pick out the good ones for himself or leave the bad ones, or substitute bad ones for good ones. If he substitutes one animal for another, both animals will belong to me, and he will not be permitted to buy them back (OR, the shepherd cannot buy them back).’”

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Cross References

Genesis 28:22This stone that I have set up will mark the place where people can worship you. And I will give back to you a tenth of everything that you give to me.”

Jeremiah 33:13Shepherds will again count their sheep as the sheep walk by, outside the towns in the hilly area, in the western foothills, in the southern desert area, in the land where the descendants of Benjamin live, around Jerusalem, and outside all the other towns in Judah.’ That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.

Micah 7:14Yahweh, protect your people like [MET] a shepherd protects his sheep by using his walking stick; lead your people [MET] whom you have chosen to belong to you. Even though some of them live by themselves in a forest, give them the fertile pastureland in the Bashan and Gilead regions that they possessed long ago.

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 →

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