A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord

 Leviticus 27:26-34

No one, however, may dedicate the firstborn of an animal, since the firstborn already belongs to the Lord; whether an ox or a sheep, it is the Lord’s. 

But nothing that a person owns and devotes to the Lord—whether a human being or an animal or family land—may be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the Lord.

A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord. Whoever would redeem any of their tithe must add a fifth of the value to it.

Devoted to the Lord: Deliberately dedicated and set apart for God and therefore no longer available to the worshipper.

Brings us back to the source of authority for these and all the laws in Leviticus. The commands are God's, given through Moses, at Sinai.

Why?

Everything are belong to the Lord, we are share most of the blessing from the Lord, 9/10 is ours and 1/10 is belong to the Lord. This cooperation winner are those who obey the command of the Lord.

First fruit or first born belong to the Lord for we know it is our thanksgiving to the Lord.

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兩種本來就是歸於神的，要贖回要加1/5價值。

頭生本來就屬於神的。潔淨的可以，如果不潔淨的驢頭生，可以用羔羊來代替，如果驢值一萬元，就要以一萬兩千的羊或是以代替。

一切永獻之物不可贖回，人所獻上的。永獻之物就是當滅之物。

地上所有的出產十分之一是歸耶和華為聖的。這就是永獻之物，要還給神，不能拿來奉獻。這是當納的十一。牛羊算到第十隻無論好壞都是神的不可換。可以加碼不可以換。假設一千元屬於神的，如果不奉獻出去給神，損失是一千二百元。

十一在神手中，高於在人手中。十一是當納的，不能算奉獻。利未記在這裏講十一結束，開始講燔祭，將自己獻上，如何做?從當納的十一開始做起。我們可以試試看，神是否如此應許我們。

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How?

Always keep the heart of thanksgiving to my Lord.