Leviticus 27:27-29

Easy-to-Read Version

²⁷ If the firstborn animal is an unclean animal, you must buy back that animal. The priest will decide the price of the animal, and you must add one-fifth to that price. If you don’t buy that animal back, the priest will sell the animal for whatever price he decides.

Special Gifts

²⁸ “There is a special kind of gift^[a] that people give to the Lord. It belongs only to him, and it cannot be bought back or sold. This gift belongs to the Lord. This type of gift includes people, animals, and fields from the family property. ²⁹ If this gift is a person, that person cannot be bought back. That person must be killed.