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26 “‘However, a man shall not consecrate a firstborn among livestock, which belongs as firstborn to Yahweh; whether an ox or[a] small livestock, it is for Yahweh. 27 And if it is among the unclean animals, then[b] he shall ransom it according to your proper value, and he shall add a fifth of its value onto it; and if it is not redeemed, then[c] it shall be sold according to your proper value. 28 However, anything devoted[d] that a man has devoted to Yahweh from all that he has,[e] from human or[f] animal, or[g] from the field of his property, may not be sold, and it may not be redeemed; anything devoted is a most holy thing[h] for Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 27:26 Literally “whether” or “if”
  2. Leviticus 27:27 Or “and”
  3. Leviticus 27:27 Or “and”
  4. Leviticus 27:28 Or “permanently set apart”; a different Hebrew word than previously translated “consecrated” in this chapter
  5. Leviticus 27:28 Literally “from all that is for him”
  6. Leviticus 27:28 Or “and”
  7. Leviticus 27:28 Or “and”
  8. Leviticus 27:28 Literally “a holy thing of holy things”