Leviticus 27:26

American Standard Version

Only the firstling among beasts, which is made a firstling to Jehovah, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox or sheep, it is Jehovah’s.

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Leviticus 27:26 in other translations

“ ‘However the firstborn among animals, which belongs to Yahweh as a firstborn, no man may dedicate, whether an ox or a sheep. It is Yahweh’s.

Leviticus 27:26 · World English Bible

Leviticus 27:26 in context

  1. 24In the year of jubilee the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land belongeth.
  2. 25And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
  3. 26Only the firstling among beasts, which is made a firstling to Jehovah, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox or sheep, it is Jehovah’s.
  4. 27And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall ransom it according to thine estimation, and shall add unto it the fifth part thereof: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.
  5. 28Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto Jehovah of all that he hath, whether of man or beast, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto Jehovah.