They shall sell none of it, nor exchange it, nor shall the first fruits of the land be alienated; for it is holy to Yahweh.
Parallel translations
- KJV And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD.
- BSB They must not sell or exchange any of it, and they must not transfer this best part of the land, for it is holy to the LORD.
- NKJV And they shall not sell or exchange any of it; they may not alienate this best part of the land, for it is holy to the Lord.
- NASB Moreover, they shall not sell or exchange any of it, or allow this choice portion of land to pass to others; for it is holy to the Lord.
- NLT None of this special land may ever be sold or traded or used by others, for it belongs to the Lord; it is set apart as holy.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Lev 27:28“‘Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, that a man shall devote to Yahweh of all that he has, whether of man or animal, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy to Yahweh.
- Lev 27:9–10“‘If it is an animal, of which men offer an offering to Yahweh, all that any man gives of such to Yahweh becomes holy.
- Lev 25:34But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
- Lev 27:32–33All the tithe of the herds or the flocks, whatever passes under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to Yahweh.
- Ezek 48:12It shall be to them an offering from the offering of the land, a thing most holy, by the border of the Levites.
- Exod 22:29“You shall not delay to offer from your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. “You shall give the firstborn of your sons to me.
- Mal 3:8–10Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In tithes and offerings.
- Lev 23:20The priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave offering before Yahweh, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to Yahweh for the priest.
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