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25 (All the payments must be measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel,[a] which equals twenty gerahs.)

26 “You may not dedicate a firstborn animal to the Lord, for the firstborn of your cattle, sheep, and goats already belong to him. 27 However, you may buy back the firstborn of a ceremonially unclean animal by paying the priest’s assessment of its worth, plus 20 percent. If you do not buy it back, the priest will sell it at its assessed value.

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Footnotes

  1. 27:25 Each shekel was about 0.4 ounces [11 grams] in weight.

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