²⁸However, anything devoted^e that a man has devoted to Yahweh from all that he has,^f from human or^g animal, or^h from the field of his property, may not be sold, and it may not be redeemed; anything devoted is a most holy thingⁱ for Yahweh.

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Footnotes

eOr “permanently set apart”; a different Hebrew word than previously translated “consecrated” in this chapter
fLiterally “from all that is for him”
gOr “and”
hOr “and”
iLiterally “a holy thing of holy things”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“But no devoted thing that a man devotes to the Lord, of anything that he has, whether man or beast, or of his inherited field, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy to the Lord.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“ ‘But nothing that a person owns and devotes to the Lord—whether a human being or an animal or family land—may be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the Lord.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Nothing that a man permanently sets apart to the Lord from all he owns, whether a person, an animal, or his inherited landholding, can be sold or redeemed; everything set apart is especially holy to the Lord.

NLTNew Living Translation

“However, anything specially set apart for the Lord—whether a person, an animal, or family property—must never be sold or bought back. Anything devoted in this way has been set apart as holy, and it belongs to the Lord.

KJV 1900King James Version

Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the Lord of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the Lord.

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