“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.
Parallel translations
- WEB “‘If it is an animal, of which men offer an offering to Yahweh, all that any man gives of such to Yahweh becomes holy.
- KJV 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.
- BSB If he vows an animal that may be brought as an offering to the LORD, any such animal given to the LORD shall be holy.
- NKJV ‘If it is an animal that men may bring as an offering to the Lord, all that anyone gives to the Lord shall be holy.
- NASB ‘Now if it is an animal of the kind that one can present as an offering to the Lord, any such animal that one gives to the Lord shall be holy.
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Quick answer
An animal vowed to the LORD that is fit for sacrifice becomes holy and cannot be reclaimed. What is given to God is wholly His.
Overview
A clean animal suitable for offering, once vowed, is irrevocably set apart as holy to God. It cannot be taken back or redeemed. This teaches that gifts genuinely devoted to the Lord belong fully to Him, reflecting the principle that true consecration is wholehearted and complete.
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Every sacrifice, every priest, and every day of atonement points beyond itself to the one perfect offering and the great High Priest who, by his own blood, makes the unclean holy once for all.
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