"Give me the offerings from your grain, your wine, and your olive oil when they are due. "Give me your first-born sons.

and you may not substitute another animal for it. If you do, both animals belong to the LORD.

None of you may sell or buy back what you have unconditionally dedicated to the LORD, whether it is a human being, an animal, or land. It belongs permanently to the LORD.

You may not arrange the animals so that the poor animals are chosen, and you may not make any substitutions. If you do substitute one animal for another, then both animals will belong to the LORD and may not be bought back.

So they are to have a special area next to the area belonging to the Levites, and it will be the holiest of all.

The priest shall present the bread with the two lambs as a special gift to the LORD for the priests. These offerings are holy.

If your vow concerns an animal that is acceptable as an offering to the LORD, then every gift made to the LORD is sacred,

One of every ten domestic animals belongs to the LORD. When the animals are counted, every tenth one belongs to the LORD.

I ask you, is it right for a person to cheat God? Of course not, yet you are cheating me. 'How?' you ask. In the matter of tithes and offerings.

Bring the full amount of your tithes to the Temple, so that there will be plenty of food there. Put me to the test and you will see that I will open the windows of heaven and pour out on you in abundance all kinds of good things.