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Leviticus 27:18-32 International Children’s Bible (ICB)

18. But he might give his field after the Jubilee. If he does, the priest must decide the exact price. He must count the number of years to the next year of Jubilee. Then he will use that number to decide the exact price.

19. The person who gave the field might want to buy it back. If he does, he must add one-fifth to that price. Then the field will belong to him again.

20. “‘If he does not buy back the field, it will always belong to the priest. If it is sold to someone else, the first person cannot buy it back.

21. But the person might not buy back the land. If he doesn’t, at the year of Jubilee, it will remain holy to the Lord. It will belong to the priest forever. It will become the property of the priests.

22. “‘Someone may give a field he has bought to the Lord. But it may not be a part of his family land.

23. If he gives a field, the priest must count the years to the next Jubilee. He must decide the price for the land. Then that land will belong to the Lord.

24. At the year of Jubilee, the land will go back to its first owner. It will go back to the family who sold the land.

25. “‘You must use the measure as set by the Holy Place in paying these prices. It weighs two-fifths of an ounce.

26. “‘People may give cattle and sheep to the Lord. But if an animal is the first one born to its parent, it already belongs to the Lord. So people may not give these animals again.

27. If the animal is unclean, the person must buy it back. The priest will decide the price of the animal. And the person must add one-fifth to that price. If he does not buy it back, the priest must sell it. He will sell it for the price he had decided.

28. “‘There is a special kind of gift that people give to the Lord. It may be a person, animal or field from the family property. That gift cannot be bought back or sold. It is most holy to the Lord.

29. “‘If a person is given for the purpose of being destroyed, he cannot be bought back. He must be put to death.

30. “‘One-tenth of all crops belongs to the Lord. This includes the crops from fields and the fruit from trees. That one-tenth belongs to the Lord.

31. A person might want to get back his tenth. If he does, he must add one-fifth to its price and buy it back.

32. “‘The priest will take every tenth animal from a person’s cattle or sheep. It will belong to the Lord.

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