¹⁴ They must not sell or exchange any of it. This is the best of the land and must not pass into other hands, because it is holy to the Lord.^(A)

²⁸ “‘But nothing that a person owns and devotes^[a](A) to the Lord—whether a human being or an animal or family land—may be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy^(B) to the Lord.

⁹ “‘If what they vowed is an animal that is acceptable as an offering to the Lord,^(A) such an animal given to the Lord becomes holy.^{(B) 10} They must not exchange it or substitute a good one for a bad one, or a bad one for a good one;^(C) if they should substitute one animal for another, both it and the substitute become holy.

⁸ “Will a mere mortal rob^(A) God? Yet you rob me.

“But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’

“In tithes^(B) and offerings. ⁹ You are under a curse^(C)—your whole nation—because you are robbing me. ¹⁰ Bring the whole tithe^(D) into the storehouse,^(E) that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates^(F) of heaven and pour out^(G) so much blessing^(H) that there will not be room enough to store it.^(I)

¹² It will be a special gift to them from the sacred portion of the land, a most holy portion, bordering the territory of the Levites.

³² Every tithe of the herd and flock—every tenth animal that passes under the shepherd’s rod^(A)—will be holy to the Lord. ³³ No one may pick out the good from the bad or make any substitution.^(B) If anyone does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute become holy and cannot be redeemed.^(C)’”

³⁴ But the pastureland belonging to their towns must not be sold; it is their permanent possession.^(A)

²⁰ The priest is to wave the two lambs before the Lord as a wave offering,^(A) together with the bread of the firstfruits. They are a sacred offering to the Lord for the priest.

²⁹ “Do not hold back offerings^(A) from your granaries or your vats.^[a]

“You must give me the firstborn of your sons.^(B)