Leviticus 27:29

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No human beings who have been devoted to destruction can be ransomed; they shall be put to death.

Cross References

1 Kings 20:42

Then he said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Because you have let the man go whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall be for his life, and your people for his people.’ ”

Leviticus 27:28

Nothing that a person owns that has been devoted to destruction for the Lord, be it human or animal, or inherited landholding, may be sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy to the Lord.

Leviticus 27:30

All tithes from the land, whether the seed from the ground or the fruit from the tree, are the Lord's; they are holy to the Lord.

1 Samuel 15:3

Now go and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have; do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’ ”

1 Samuel 15:8

He took King Agag of the Amalekites alive, but utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.