Leviticus 27:10

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“He must not replace it or exchange it, either good for bad or bad for good. But if he does substitute one animal for another, both that animal and its substitute will be holy.”

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BSBPD

“He must not replace it or exchange it, either good for bad or bad for good. But if he does substitute one animal for another, both that animal and its substitute will be holy.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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 both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“he doth not change it nor exchange it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; and if he really change beast for beast, --then it hath been--it and its exchange is holy.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Leviticus 27:10 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 27:15But if he who consecrated his house redeems it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value, and it will belong to him.
  2. Leviticus 27:33He must not inspect whether it is good or bad, and he shall not make any substitution. But if he does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute shall become holy; they cannot be redeemed.’”
  3. James 1:8He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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