Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version If it is one of the unclean animals, it may be bought back at its set value, adding a fifth of the value to it. If it is not redeemed, it is to be sold at its set value. New Living Translation However, you may buy back the firstborn of a ceremonially unclean animal by paying the priest’s assessment of its worth, plus 20 percent. If you do not buy it back, the priest will sell it at its assessed value. English Standard Version And if it is an unclean animal, then he shall buy it back at the valuation, and add a fifth to it; or, if it is not redeemed, it shall be sold at the valuation. Berean Standard Bible But if it is among the unclean animals, then he may redeem it according to your valuation and add a fifth of its value. If it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation. King James Bible And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation. New King James Version And if it is an unclean animal, then he shall redeem it according to your valuation, and shall add one-fifth to it; or if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation. New American Standard Bible But if it is among the unclean animals, then he shall redeem it according to your assessment and add to it a fifth of it; and if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your assessment. NASB 1995 But if it is among the unclean animals, then he shall redeem it according to your valuation and add to it one-fifth of it; and if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation. NASB 1977 ‘But if it is among the unclean animals, then he shall redeem it according to your valuation, and add to it one-fifth of it; and if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation. Legacy Standard Bible But if it is among the unclean animals, then he shall ransom it according to your valuation and add to it one-fifth of it; and if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation. Amplified Bible If it is among the unclean animals, the owner may redeem it in accordance with your valuation, and add one-fifth to it; or if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold in accordance with your valuation. Christian Standard Bible If it is one of the unclean livestock, it can be ransomed according to your assessment by adding a fifth of its value to it. If it is not redeemed, it can be sold according to your assessment. Holman Christian Standard Bible If it is one of the unclean livestock, it must be ransomed according to your assessment by adding a fifth of its value to it. If it is not redeemed, it can be sold according to your assessment.” American Standard Version And 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. Contemporary English Version If you promise me a donkey, you may buy it back by adding an additional 20 percent to its value. If you don't buy it back, it can be sold to someone else for whatever a priest has said it is worth. English Revised Version And 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation But if it is an unclean animal, it must be bought back. The payment will be its full value plus one-fifth more. If it is not bought back, it must be sold at the value given it. Good News Translation but the first-born of an unclean animal may be bought back at the standard price plus an additional 20 percent. If it is not bought back, it may be sold to someone else at the standard price. International Standard Version If it's an unclean animal, then he is to ransom it according to your valuation, adding a fifth to it. If it's not redeemed, then it is to be sold according to your valuation. Majority Standard Bible But if it is among the unclean animals, then he may redeem it according to your valuation and add a fifth of its value. If it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation. NET Bible If, however, it is among the unclean animals, he may ransom it according to its conversion value and must add one fifth to it, but if it is not redeemed it must be sold according to its conversion value. New Heart English Bible If it is an unclean animal, then he shall buy it back according to your valuation, and shall add to it the fifth part of it: or if it isn't redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation. Webster's Bible Translation And if it shall be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it, according to thy estimation, and shall add to it a fifth part of it: or if it shall be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation. World English Bible If it is an unclean animal, then he shall buy it back according to your valuation, and shall add to it the fifth part of it; or if it isn’t redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd if [from] among the unclean beast, then he has ransomed [it] at your valuation, and he has added its fifth to it; and if it is not redeemed, then it has been sold at your valuation. Young's Literal Translation And if among the unclean beasts, then he hath ransomed it at thy valuation, and he hath added its fifth to it; and if it is not redeemed, then it hath been sold at thy valuation. Smith's Literal Translation And if from unclean cattle, and he redeemed by thy estimation, and he shall add the fifth upon it: and if it shall not be redeemed, and it was sold by thy estimation. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd if it be an unclean beast, he that offereth it shall redeem it, according to thy estimation, and shall add the fifth part of the price. If he will not redeem it, it shall be sold to another for how much soever it was estimated by thee. Catholic Public Domain Version But if it is an unclean animal, whoever offers it shall redeem it, according to your estimation, and he shall add a fifth part to the price. If he is not willing to redeem it, it shall be sold to another for whatever amount it was estimated by you. New American Bible But if it is an unclean animal, it may be redeemed by paying one fifth more than its value. If it is not redeemed, it shall be sold at its value. New Revised Standard Version If it is an unclean animal, it shall be ransomed at its assessment, with one-fifth added; if it is not redeemed, it shall be sold at its assessment. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd if it is of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according to its valuation, and shall add a fifth part to it; or if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to its valuation. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And if a beast is unclean, it will be bought with a price and will add one fifth to it and if it is not repurchased, it shall be sold with a price. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall ransom it according to thy valuation, and shall add unto it the fifth part thereof; or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy valuation. Brenton Septuagint Translation But if he should redeem an unclean beast, according to its valuation, then he shall add the fifth part to it, and it shall be his; and if he redeem it not, it shall be sold according to its valuation. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Rules about Valuations…26But no one may consecrate a firstborn of the livestock, because a firstborn belongs to the LORD. Whether it is an ox or a sheep, it is the LORD’s. 27But if it is among the unclean animals, then he may redeem it according to your valuation and add a fifth of its value. If it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation. 28Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.… Cross References Exodus 13:13 You must redeem every firstborn donkey with a lamb, and if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. And every firstborn of your sons you must redeem. Numbers 18:15-17 The firstborn of every womb, whether man or beast, that is offered to the LORD belongs to you. But you must surely redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals. / You are to pay the redemption price for a month-old male according to your valuation: five shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs. / But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to splatter their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. Deuteronomy 15:19 You must set apart to the LORD your God every firstborn male produced by your herds and flocks. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work, nor are you to shear the firstborn of your flock. Exodus 34:20 You must redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a lamb; but if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one shall appear before Me empty-handed. Numbers 3:46-48 To redeem the 273 firstborn Israelites who outnumber the Levites, / you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs. / Give the money to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for the excess among the Israelites.” 1 Samuel 1:24-28 Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh. / And when they had slaughtered the bull, they brought the boy to Eli. / “Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD. ... 2 Chronicles 30:24 For Hezekiah king of Judah contributed a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep for the assembly, and the officials contributed a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep for the assembly, and a great number of priests consecrated themselves. Nehemiah 10:36 And we will bring the firstborn of our sons and our livestock, as it is written in the Law, and will bring the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God. Ezekiel 44:30 The best of all the firstfruits and of every contribution from all your offerings will belong to the priests. You are to give your first batch of dough to the priest, so that a blessing may rest upon your homes. Malachi 1:14 “But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations. Matthew 5:17 Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them. Luke 2:22-24 And when the time of purification according to the Law of Moses was complete, His parents brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord / (as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”), / and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.” Romans 12:1 Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. Hebrews 9:12 He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption. 1 Peter 1:18-19 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers, / but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot. Treasury of Scripture And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according to your estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your estimation. and shall add. Leviticus 27:11-13 And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice unto the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the priest: … Jump to Previous Add Adding Agreement Animal Animals Beast Buy Estimation Fifth Fixed Money One-Fifth Owner Part Ransom Redeem Redeemed Sold Thereof Thereto Unclean Valuation ValueJump to Next Add Adding Agreement Animal Animals Beast Buy Estimation Fifth Fixed Money One-Fifth Owner Part Ransom Redeem Redeemed Sold Thereof Thereto Unclean Valuation ValueLeviticus 27 1. He who makes a singular vow must be the Lord's3. The estimation of the person 9. of a beast given by vow 14. of a house 16. of a field, and the redemption thereof 28. No devoted thing may be redeemed 30. The tithe may not be changed But if it is among the unclean animals In the context of Leviticus, unclean animals are those that the Israelites were prohibited from eating or using in sacrifices. This distinction is rooted in the holiness code, which sets Israel apart from other nations. Unclean animals include pigs, camels, and certain birds and insects. The classification of animals as clean or unclean is detailed in Leviticus 11. This separation underscores the call for Israel to be holy and distinct, reflecting God's holiness. then he may redeem it according to your valuation and add a fifth of its value If it is not redeemed then it shall be sold according to your valuation Persons / Places / Events 1. Moses- The author of Leviticus, who received the laws from God to instruct the Israelites. 2. Israelites - The people to whom the laws in Leviticus were given, guiding their worship and daily living. 3. Unclean Animals - Animals considered ceremonially unclean according to the Mosaic Law, which could not be offered as sacrifices. 4. Priests - The individuals responsible for overseeing the valuation and redemption process as described in the law. 5. Tabernacle - The place where offerings and sacrifices were made, central to the worship practices of the Israelites. Teaching Points Understanding RedemptionThe concept of redemption in Leviticus 27:27 illustrates the broader biblical theme of redemption, where something unclean or unworthy is made valuable through a price paid. This foreshadows the ultimate redemption through Christ. Valuation and Worth The process of valuation and adding a fifth to the value signifies the importance of recognizing worth and the cost of redemption. It teaches us to consider the value God places on redemption and the cost of sin. Holiness and Separation The distinction between clean and unclean animals underscores the call for holiness and separation from sin. As believers, we are called to live lives set apart for God. Stewardship and Responsibility The requirement to redeem or sell unclean animals reflects the responsibility of stewardship. We are called to manage what God has entrusted to us with integrity and according to His principles.(27) And if it be of an unclean beast.--That is, if he vows the firstling of an unclean beast he could redeem it according to the valuation of the priest with the addition of one-fifth over and above the fixed value. If he did not redeem it the treasurer of the sanctuary sold it to anyone who liked to buy it at this valuation, and the proceeds were devoted to the maintenance and repairs of the sanctuary. As this is at variance with the law laid down in Exodus 13:13; Exodus 34:20, where it is enacted that the firstborn of an ass is either to be redeemed with a sheep, or is to be put to death, the authorities during the second Temple interpreted the precept in the passage before us as not applying to the firstborn of the unclean animals, but to unclean animals generally which are dedicated for the repairs of the sanctuary. Hebrew But ifוְאִ֨ם (wə·’im) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not [it is] among the unclean הַטְּמֵאָה֙ (haṭ·ṭə·mê·’āh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 2931: Unclean animals, בַּבְּהֵמָ֤ה (bab·bə·hê·māh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 929: A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal then he may redeem וּפָדָ֣ה (ū·p̄ā·ḏāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6299: To sever, ransom, gener, to release, preserve it according to your valuation בְעֶרְכֶּ֔ךָ (ḇə·‘er·ke·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 6187: A pile, equipment, estimate and add וְיָסַ֥ף (wə·yā·sap̄) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3254: To add, augment a fifth חֲמִשִׁת֖וֹ (ḥă·mi·ši·ṯōw) Number - ordinal feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 2549: Fifth, a fifth of its value. עָלָ֑יו (‘ā·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against If וְאִם־ (wə·’im-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not it is not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no redeemed, יִגָּאֵ֖ל (yig·gā·’êl) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1350: To redeem, act as kinsman then it shall be sold וְנִמְכַּ֥ר (wə·nim·kar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 4376: To sell according to your valuation. בְּעֶרְכֶּֽךָ׃ (bə·‘er·ke·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 6187: A pile, equipment, estimate Links Leviticus 27:27 NIVLeviticus 27:27 NLT Leviticus 27:27 ESV Leviticus 27:27 NASB Leviticus 27:27 KJV Leviticus 27:27 BibleApps.com Leviticus 27:27 Biblia Paralela Leviticus 27:27 Chinese Bible Leviticus 27:27 French Bible Leviticus 27:27 Catholic Bible OT Law: Leviticus 27:27 If it is an unclean animal then (Le Lv Lev.) |
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