Leviticus 27:9-13
What is vowed to the Lord becomes holy and must be treated according to His established order.
9 “ ‘If it is an animal of which men offer an offering to Yahweh, all that any man gives of such to Yahweh becomes holy.
10 He shall not alter it, nor exchange it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good. If he shall at all exchange animal for animal, then both it and that for which it is exchanged shall be holy.
11 If it is any unclean animal, of which they do not offer as an offering to Yahweh, then he shall set the animal before the priest;
12 and the priest shall evaluate it, whether it is good or bad. As the priest evaluates it, so it shall be.
13 But if he will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of it to its valuation.
What is vowed to the LORD becomes holy and must be treated according to His established order.
This passage regulates how animals dedicated to the LORD by vow are to be treated, distinguishing between clean animals suitable for sacrifice and unclean animals requiring redemption.
Leviticus 27:9-13 follows the valuation of persons involved in special vows. The chapter now moves from persons to animals, distinguishing animals acceptable as offerings from unclean animals that cannot be offered on the altar but may still enter the dedication-and-redemption system under priestly valuation.
Israel is at Sinai receiving final Levitical regulations concerning vows, dedications, redemption, and holy things. Israelites who might dedicate animals to the LORD by vow, along with priests responsible for evaluating dedicated animals.
Vows, Valuations, Dedications, Devoted Things, Firstborn, and Tithes Belonging to the LORD
Voluntary devotion to the LORD must not be impulsive, manipulative, or casual, because persons, animals, houses, fields, firstborn, devoted things, and tithes are holy when given to the LORD and must be handled according to His command.