What Does the Bible Say About Dedication?

“If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.”

“Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering;”

“Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.”

“And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,”

“Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by thy estimation.”

“And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.”

“And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.”

“And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.”

“And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver.”

“And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.”

“But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him.”

“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.”

“He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy.”

“And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice unto the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the priest:”

“And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be. as: Heb. according to thy estimation, O priest, etc”

“But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.”

“And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.”

“And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his.”

“And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. an: or, the land of an homer, etc”

“If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy estimation it shall stand.”

“But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thy estimation.”

“And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him.”

“And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.”

“But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's.”

“And if a man sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession;”

“Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, even unto the year of the jubile: and he shall give thine estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto the LORD.”

“In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong.”

“And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.”

“Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD'S firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the LORD'S. firstling of: Heb. firstborn, etc”

“And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.”

“Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the LORD.”

“None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.”

“And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD'S: it is holy unto the LORD.”

“And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof.”

“And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.”

“He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.”

“These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.”

“And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them;”

“That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered: and were: Heb. who stood”

“And they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle.”

“And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,”

“Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service.”

“And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites.”

“Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service:”

“And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.”

“But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders.”

“And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar.”

“And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar.”

“And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:”

“And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:”

“One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense:”

“One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:”

“One kid of the goats for a sin offering:”

“And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.”

“On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer:”

“He offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:”

“One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense:”

“One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:”

“One kid of the goats for a sin offering:”

“And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar.”

“On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, did offer:”

“His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:”

“One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:”

“One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:”

“One kid of the goats for a sin offering:”

“And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.”

“On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, did offer:”

“His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:”

“One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:”

“One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:”

“One kid of the goats for a sin offering:”

“And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.”

“On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon, did offer:”

“His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:”

“One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:”

“One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:”

“One kid of the goats for a sin offering:”

“And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.”

“On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad, offered:”

“His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:”

“One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:”

“One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:”

“One kid of the goats for a sin offering:”

“And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.”

“On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim, offered:”

“His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:”

“One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:”

“One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:”

“One kid of the goats for a sin offering:”

“And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.”

“On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh:”

“His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:”

“One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:”

“One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:”

“One kid of the goats for a sin offering:”

“And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.”

“On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin, offered:”

“His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:”

“One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:”

“One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:”