Good News Bible

Leviticus 27:27-30 Good News Bible (GNB)

27. but the firstborn of an unclean animal may be bought back at the standard price plus an additional twenty per cent. If it is not bought back, it may be sold to someone else at the standard price.

28. No one may sell or buy back what he has unconditionally dedicated to the Lord, whether it is a human being, an animal, or land. It belongs permanently to the Lord.

29. Not even a human being who has been unconditionally dedicated may be bought back; he must be put to death.

30. One-tenth of all the produce of the land, whether grain or fruit, belongs to the Lord.