Bible Verses About Dedication

The firstborn, which belong to the Lord, no man may sanctify and vow: whether it be bullock, or sheep, they are the Lord's.

And if it be an unclean beast, he that offereth it shall redeem it, according to thy estimation, and shall add the fifth part of the price. If he will not redeem it, it shall be sold to another for how much soever it was estimated by thee.

Any thing that is devoted to the Lord, whether it be man, or beast, or field, shall not be sold: neither may it be redeemed. Whatsoever is once consecrated shall be holy of holies to the Lord.

And any consecration that is offered by man, shall not be redeemed, but dying shall die.

All tithes of the land, whether of corn, or of the fruits of trees, are the Lord's, and are sanctified to him.

And if any man will redeem his tithes, he shall add the fifth part of them.

Of all the tithes of oxen, and sheep, and goats, that pass under the shepherd's rod, every tenth that cometh shall be sanctified to the Lord.

It shall not be chosen neither good nor bad, neither shall it be changed for another. If any man change it: both that which was changed, and that for which it was changed, shall be sanctified to the Lord, and shall not be redeemed.

These are the precepts which the Lord commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.

And it came to pass in the day that Moses had finished the tabernacle, and set it up, and had anointed and sanctified it with all its vessels, the altar likewise and all the vessels thereof,

The princes of Israel and the heads of the families, in every tribe, who were the rulers of them who had been numbered, offered

Their gifts before the Lord, six wagons covered, and twelve oxen. Two princes offered one wagon, and each one an ox, and they offered them before the tabernacle.

And the Lord said to Moses:

Receive them from them to serve in the ministry of the tabernacle, and thou shalt deliver them to the Levites according to the order of their ministry.

Moses therefore receiving the wagons and the oxen, delivered them to the Levites.

Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gerson, according to their necessity.

The other four wagons, and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their offices and service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

But to the sons of Caath he gave no wagons or oxen: because they serve in the sanctuary and carry their burdens upon their own shoulders.

And the princes offered for the dedication of the altar on the day when it was anointed, their oblation before the altar.

And the Lord said to Moses: Let each of the princes one day after another offer their gifts for the dedication of the altar.

The first day Nahasson the son of Aminadab of the tribe of Juda offered his offering:

And his offering was a silver dish weighing one hundred and thirty sicles, a silver bowl of seventy sicles according to the weight of the sanctuary, both full of flour tempered with oil for a sacrifice:

A little mortar of ten sicles of gold full of incense:

An ox of the herd, and a ram, and lamb of a year old for a holocaust:

And a buck goat for sin: