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Leviticus 27:24-26
New Catholic Bible
Leviticus 27:24-26
New Catholic Bible
24 In the Jubilee Year the field shall be returned to the one from whom it was bought, the one whose land it was.
25 “Every estimation is determined according to the shekel of the sanctuary, twenty gerahs[a] to the shekel.
26 Offerings Not Redeemable.[b]“No one shall dedicate the firstborn of an animal, for the firstborn already belongs to the Lord, whether it be an ox or a sheep, it belongs to the Lord.
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- Leviticus 27:25 A gerah was the smallest unit of weight: six grains.
- Leviticus 27:26 It is obviously impossible to consecrate to God what is his by right, nor, generally speaking, can it be bought back. This is true of what is anathema or “dedicated” to God: according to a practice inherited from the holy war, that which is consecrated to the Lord in this unqualified fashion must be destroyed, or else (in the perspective adopted by a less warlike mentality) must be reserved exclusively for the priests (Jos 6:17).
