Leviticus 27:9

New International Version

“ ‘If what they vowed is an animal that is acceptable as an offering to the Lord, such an animal given to the Lord becomes holy.

Cross References

Proverbs 20:25

It is a trap to dedicate something rashly and only later to consider one’s vows.

Ecclesiastes 5:6

Do not let your mouth lead you into sin. And do not protest to the temple messenger, “My vow was a mistake.” Why should God be angry at what you say and destroy the work of your hands?

Ezekiel 48:14

They must not sell or exchange any of it. This is the best of the land and must not pass into other hands, because it is holy to the Lord.

Leviticus 27:10

They must not exchange it or substitute a good one for a bad one, or a bad one for a good one; if they should substitute one animal for another, both it and the substitute become holy.

Leviticus 27:8

If anyone making the vow is too poor to pay the specified amount, the person being dedicated is to be presented to the priest, who will set the value according to what the one making the vow can afford.

Leviticus 5:15

“When anyone is unfaithful to the Lord by sinning unintentionally in regard to any of the Lord’s holy things, they are to bring to the Lord as a penalty a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value in silver, according to the sanctuary shekel. It is a guilt offering.

Matthew 15:5

But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’