 |
|
First Reading, Second Reading, Third Reading, Fourth Reading, Fifth Reading, Sixth Reading, Seventh Reading, Last Reading |
 |
First Reading, Second Reading, Third Reading, Fourth Reading, Fifth Reading, Sixth Reading, Seventh Reading, Last Reading |
BeChukotay |  |
|
| | 27:28 |
However, anything taboo, that a person declares to be taboo to God, cannot be sold or redeemed. [This is true] of anything he owns, whether it is a slave, an animal, or his hereditary field. Everything that is taboo is holy of holies to God.
Ach kol-cherem asher yacharim ish l'Adonay mikol-asher-lo me'adam uvehemah umisdeh achuzato lo yimacher velo yiga'el kol-cherem kodesh kodashim hu l'Adonay. |
| 27:29 |
Seventh Reading
If a human being is declared taboo, he cannot be redeemed and must be put to death.
Kol-cherem asher yochoram min-ha'adam lo yipadeh mot yumat. |
|
Commentary:
taboo
Cherem in Hebrew.
| taboo to God
Either for the Temple or for the priests (Yad, Arakhin 6:1; see comment on Leviticus 27:21).
| slave
(Rashi). A gentile slave. Literally, 'a human being.'
| declared taboo
By a king or by the Sanhedrin (Ramban; Ralbag). Or, 'If a human being [is sentenced to death and] must be declared taboo' (Saadia; Chizzkuni). Or, 'If a human being is under the death penalty and is declared taboo, he need not be redeemed' (Rashi).
|
|
Navigating the Bible
