Leviticus 27:27

Easy To Read Version

{People must give firstborn animals to the Lord.} But if the firstborn animal is an unclean [467] animal, then the person must buy back that animal. The priest will decide the price of the animal, and the person must add a fifth to that price. If the person does not buy back that animal, then the priest must sell the animal for the price he decided.

Cross References

Leviticus 27:11

“Some animals can’t be offered as sacrifices to the Lord. If a person brings one of those unclean [458] animals to the Lord, then that animal must be brought to the priest.

Leviticus 27:13

If the person wants to buy back the animal, [459] then he must add a fifth to the price.

Leviticus 27:15

But if the person who gave the house wants to get it back, then he must add a fifth to the price. Then the house will belong to that person.

Leviticus 27:26

“People can give cows and sheep as special gifts to the Lord. But if the animal is the firstborn, then that animal already belongs to the Lord. So people can’t give those animals as special gifts.

Leviticus 27:28

“There is a special kind of gift [468] that people give to the Lord. That gift belongs only to the Lord. That gift cannot be bought back or sold. That gift belongs to the Lord. That type of gift includes people, animals, and fields from the family property.

Leviticus 27:31

So if a person wants to get back his tenth, he must add a fifth to its price {and then buy it back}.

Leviticus 5:16

That person must pay for the sin he did with the holy things. He must give the things he promised, add one-fifth to the value, and give this money to the priest. In this way, the priest will make that person pure [53] with the ram of the guilt offering. And God will forgive that person.