International Children’s Bible

Leviticus 27:24-33 International Children’s Bible (ICB)

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.

33. The owner should not pick out the good animals from the bad. He should not exchange one animal for another. If he does exchange it, both animals will become holy. They cannot be bought back.’”