Negative Commandment #442 of 613
Do not change consecrated animals from one type of offering to another
Commandment #442 — a prohibition from Leviticus 27:26, classified under Sacrifices and Offerings in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'However, a firstborn among animals, which as a firstborn belongs to the LORD, no man may consecrate it; whether ox or sheep, it is the LORD'S.”
— Leviticus 27:26
Hebrew
כו אַךְ-בְּכוֹר אֲשֶׁר-יְבֻכַּר לַיהוָה, בִּבְהֵמָה--לֹא-יַקְדִּישׁ אִישׁ, אֹתוֹ: אִם-שׁוֹר אִם-שֶׂה, לַיהוָה הוּא.
Greek (Septuagint)
26 Καὶ πᾶν πρωτότοκον, ὃ ἂν γένηται ἐν τοῖς κτήνεσίν σου, ἔσται τῷ κυρίῳ, καὶ οὐ καθαγιάσει οὐθεὶς αὐτό· ἐάν τε μόσχον ἐάν τε πρόβατον, τῷ κυρίῳ ἐστίν.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Sacrifices and Offerings
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 27
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- B'chukotai
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #356
- Mishneh Torah
- SacrificesSubstitution for Consecrated Animals
Related Commandments in “Sacrifices and Offerings”
#168: Do not offer to G-d any castrated male animals
Leviticus 22:24
#227: Estimate the value of people as determined by the Law
Leviticus 27:2
#228: Estimate the value of consecrated animals
Leviticus 27:12
#229: Estimate the value of consecrated houses
Leviticus 27:14
#230: Estimate the value of consecrated fields
Leviticus 27:16
#231: Carry out the laws of interdicting possessions
Leviticus 27:28
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