Leviticus 27:9
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New 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.

New Living Translation (©2007)
"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.

English Standard Version (©2001)
“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.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
'Now if it is an animal of the kind which men can present as an offering to the LORD, any such that one gives to the LORD shall be holy.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
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.

International Standard Version (©2012)
"If it's an animal from which they make an offering to the LORD, everything that he gives to the LORD from it will be holy.

NET Bible (©2006)
"'If what is vowed is a kind of animal from which an offering may be presented to the LORD, anything which he gives to the LORD from this kind of animal will be holy.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
"If [the vow] is to give the kind of animal that people offer to the LORD, it will be considered holy.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And if it be an animal, of which men bring an offering unto the LORD, all that any man gives of such unto the LORD shall be holy.

American King James Version
And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering to the LORD, all that any man gives of such to the LORD shall be holy.

American Standard Version
And if it be a beast, whereof men offer an oblation unto Jehovah, all that any man giveth of such unto Jehovah shall be holy.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But a beast that may be sacrificed to the Lord, if ally one shall vow, shall be holy,

Darby Bible Translation
And if it be a beast whereof men bring an offering unto Jehovah, all that they give of such unto Jehovah shall be holy.

English Revised Version
And if it be a beast, whereof men offer an oblation unto the LORD, all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy.

Webster's Bible Translation
And if it shall be a beast of which men bring an offering to the LORD, all that any man giveth of such to the LORD shall be holy.

World English Bible
"'If it is an animal, of which men offer an offering to Yahweh, all that any man gives of such to Yahweh becomes holy.

Young's Literal Translation
And if it is a beast of which they bring near an offering to Jehovah, all that one giveth of it to Jehovah is holy;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

27:1-13 Zeal for the service of God disposed the Israelites, on some occasions, to dedicate themselves or their children to the service of the Lord, in his house for life. Some persons who thus dedicated themselves might be employed as assistants; in general they were to be redeemed for a value. It is good to be zealously affected and liberally disposed for the Lord's service; but the matter should be well weighed, and prudence should direct as to what we do; else rash vows and hesitation in doing them will dishonour God, and trouble our own minds.

Pulpit Commentary

Verses 9, 10. - In case a clean animal is vowed to the Lord, it is not to be exchanged for another on the plea of not being good enough or being too good for sacrifice. If any such attempt is made, both animals are to be given up and sacrificed, or, if blemished, added to the herd of the sanctuary.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And if it be a beast whereof men bring an offering to the Lord,.... That is, it such a creature is devoted, which is of that kind which are used in sacrifice to the Lord, such as bullocks, sheep, goats, rams, and lambs:

all that any man giveth of such unto the Lord shall be holy; shall be set apart to sacred uses, and not applied to profane or common uses, but either were for the use of the altar or of the priests; or the price of them for the repair of the sanctuary, according as they were devoted.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

9-13. if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the Lord—a clean beast. After it had been vowed, it could neither be employed in common purposes nor exchanged for an equivalent—it must be sacrificed—or if, through some discovered blemish, it was unsuitable for the altar, it might be sold, and the money applied for the sacred service. If an unclean beast—such as an ass or camel, for instance, had been vowed, it was to be appropriated to the use of the priest at the estimated value, or it might be redeemed by the person vowing on payment of that value, and the additional fine of a fifth more.

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Rules about Valuations
…8But if he be poorer than your estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him. 9And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering to the LORD, all that any man gives of such to the LORD shall be holy. 10He 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. …

Leviticus 27:8 If anyone making the vow is too poor to pay the specified amount, the person being dedicated is to be presented to the priest, who will set the value according to what the one making the vow can afford.
Leviticus 27:10 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.