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Leviticus 27:9-23 Good News Bible (GNB)

9. If the vow concerns an animal that is acceptable as an offering to the Lord, then every gift made to the Lord is sacred,

10. and anyone who made the vow may not substitute another animal for it. If he does, both animals belong to the Lord.

11. But if the vow concerns a ritually unclean animal, which is not acceptable as an offering to the Lord, the man shall take the animal to the priest.

12. The priest shall fix a price for it, according to its good or bad qualities, and the price will be final.

13. If the person wishes to buy it back, he must pay the price plus an additional twenty per cent.

14. When someone dedicates his house to the Lord, the priest shall fix the price according to its good or bad points, and the price will be final.

15. If the one who dedicated the house wishes to buy it back, he must pay the price plus an additional twenty per cent.

16. If someone dedicates part of his land to the Lord, the price shall be fixed according to the amount of seed it takes to sow it, at the rate of ten pieces of silver for every twenty kilogrammes of barley.

17. If he dedicates the land immediately after a Year of Restoration, the full price applies.

18. If he dedicates it later, the priest shall estimate the cash value according to the number of years left until the next Year of Restoration, and fix a reduced price.

19. If the one who dedicated the field wishes to buy it back, he or she must pay the price plus an additional twenty per cent.

20. If they sell the field to someone else without first buying it back from the Lord, they lose the right to buy it back.

21. At the next Year of Restoration the field will become the Lord's permanent property; it shall belong to the priests.

22. If someone dedicates to the Lord a field that he has bought,

23. the priest shall estimate its value according to the number of years until the next Year of Restoration, and the person must pay the price that very day; the money belongs to the Lord.

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