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 27:29 - New Revised Standard Version No human beings who have been devoted to destruction can be ransomed; they shall be put to death. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition No one doomed to death [under the claim of divine justice], who is to be completely destroyed from among men, shall be ransomed [from suffering the death penalty]; he shall surely be put to death. American Standard Version (1901) No one devoted, that shall be devoted from among men, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death. Common English Bible No human beings that have been devoted can be bought back; they must be executed. Catholic Public Domain Version And all that has been consecrated, which is offered by man, shall not be redeemed, but shall surely die. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And any consecration that is offered by man shall not be redeemed, but dying shall die. |
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.’ ”
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.
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.
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.’ ”
He took King Agag of the Amalekites alive, but utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.