^27:9“ ‘If what is vowed is a kind of animal from which an offering may be presented⁹ to the Lord, anything which he gives to the Lord from this kind of animal¹⁰ will be holy. ^27:10He must not replace or exchange it, good for bad or bad for good, and if he does indeed exchange one animal for another animal, then both the original animal¹¹ and its substitute will be holy.

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Footnotes

9 Heb “which they may present from it an offering.” The plural active verb is sometimes best rendered in the passive ( §144.f, g). Some medieval Hebrew , , a of the , and the all have the singular verb instead (cf. similarly v. 11).
10 Heb “from it.” The masculine suffix “it” here is used for the feminine in the , but one medieval Hebrew , some of , the , and the have the feminine. The referent (this kind of animal) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
11 Heb “it and its substitute.” The referent (the original animal offered) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“If the vow is an animal that may be offered as an offering to the Lord, all of it that he gives to the Lord is holy. He shall not exchange it or make a substitute for it, good for bad, or bad for good; and if he does in fact substitute one animal for another, then both it and the substitute shall be holy.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“ ‘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. 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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“If the vow involves one of the animals that may be brought as an offering to the Lord, any of these he gives to the Lord will be holy. He may not replace it or make a substitution for it, either good for bad, or bad for good. But if he does substitute one animal for another, both that animal and its substitute will be holy.

NLTNew Living Translation

“If your vow involves giving an animal that is acceptable as an offering to the Lord, any gift to the Lord will be considered holy. You may not exchange or substitute it for another animal—neither a good animal for a bad one nor a bad animal for a good one. But if you do exchange one animal for another, then both the original animal and its substitute will be considered holy.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“ ‘And if it is a domestic animal from which they present an offering for Yahweh, all that he gives from it for Yahweh shall be a holy object. He shall not replace it, nor shall he exchange it, either good with bad or bad with good; and if he indeed exchanges a domestic animal with a domestic animal, then it and its substitution shall be a holy object.

KJV 1900King James Version

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. 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 beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy.

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