And he said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.’ ”
Leviticus 27:29 - Revised Standard Version No one devoted, who is to be utterly destroyed from among men, shall be ransomed; he shall be put to death. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition No one doomed to death [under the claim of divine justice], who is to be completely destroyed from among men, shall be ransomed [from suffering the death penalty]; he shall surely be put to death. American Standard Version (1901) No one devoted, that shall be devoted from among men, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death. Common English Bible No human beings that have been devoted can be bought back; they must be executed. Catholic Public Domain Version And all that has been consecrated, which is offered by man, shall not be redeemed, but shall surely die. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And any consecration that is offered by man shall not be redeemed, but dying shall die. |
And he said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.’ ”
“But no devoted thing that a man devotes to the Lord, of anything that he has, whether of a man or beast, or of his inherited field, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy to the Lord.
“All the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the Lord's; it is holy to the Lord.
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have; do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.’ ”
And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.