It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.
Leviticus 27:9 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) *'If it is an animal, of which men offer an offering to the LORD, all that any man gives of such to the LORD becomes holy. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD, all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If it is a beast of which men offer an offering to the Lord, all that any man gives of such to the Lord shall be holy. American Standard Version (1901) And if it be a beast, whereof men offer an oblation unto Jehovah, all that any man giveth of such unto Jehovah shall be holy. Common English Bible If a solemn promise involves livestock that can be offered to the LORD, any such animal given to the LORD will be considered holy. Catholic Public Domain Version But an animal which could be immolated to the Lord, if anyone has vowed it, shall be holy, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But a beast that may be sacrificed to the Lord, if any one shall vow, shall be holy, |
It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.
Don't allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don't protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?
They shall sell none of it, nor exchange it, nor shall the first fruits of the land be alienated; for it is holy to the LORD.
He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change animal for animal, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy.
But if he is poorer than your valuation, then he shall be set before the Kohen, and the Kohen shall value him; according to the ability of him who vowed shall the Kohen value him.
*If anyone commits a trespass, and sins unwittingly, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring his trespass offering to the LORD, a ram without blemish from the flock, according to your estimation in silver by shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering.
But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, *Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,*