Leviticus 27:9

New International Reader's Version

“ ‘Suppose what they promised is an animal that the Lord will accept as an offering. Then the animal given to the Lord becomes holy.

Cross References

Proverbs 20:25

A person is trapped if they make a hasty promise to God and only later thinks about what they said.

Ecclesiastes 5:6

Don’t let your mouth cause you to sin. Don’t say to the temple messenger, “My promise was a mistake.” Why should God be angry with what you say? Why should he destroy what you have done?

Ezekiel 48:14

They must not sell or trade any of it. It is the best part of the land. It must not be handed over to anyone else. It is set apart to me.

Leviticus 27:10

The one who makes the promise must not trade it. They must not trade a good animal for a bad one. And they must not trade a bad animal for a good one. Suppose they choose one animal instead of another. Then both animals become holy.

Leviticus 27:8

But suppose the one who makes the special promise is too poor to pay the required amount. Then they must bring to the priest the person who will be set free. The priest will decide the right value for that person. It will be based on how much the one who makes the promise can afford.

Leviticus 5:15

“Suppose someone is unfaithful to me and sins. And they do it without meaning to. Here is how they sin against me or my priests. They refuse to give the priests one of the holy things set apart for them. Then they must bring me a ram from the flock. It must not have any flaws. It must be worth the required amount of silver. The silver must be weighed out in keeping with the standard weights that are used in the sacred tent. The ram is a guilt offering. It will pay for their sin.

Matthew 15:5

But suppose people have something that might be used to help their parents. You allow them to say it is instead ‘a gift set apart for God.’