Noonewhomay have been setapartamongmenshall be ransomed;he shall surelybe putto death.
He saidto him, "Thussaysthe LORD,'Becauseyou have letgoout of [your] handthe manwhom I had devotedto destruction,therefore your lifeshall gofor his life,and your peoplefor his people.'"
Nevertheless,anythingwhicha mansetsapartto the LORDout of allthat he has, of manor animalor of the fieldsof his own property,shall not be soldor redeemed.Anythingdevotedto destructionis mostholyto the LORD.
Thus allthe titheof the land,of the seedof the landor of the fruitof the tree,is the LORD'S;it is holyto the LORD.
Nowgoand strikeAmalekand utterlydestroyallthat he has, and do not sparehim; but putto deathbothmanand woman,childand infant,oxand sheep,cameland donkey.'"
He capturedAgagthe kingof the Amalekitesalive,and utterlydestroyedallthe peoplewith the edgeof the sword.
