If the owner wishes to redeem the animal, they must add a fifth to its value. The redemption of the vowed unclean animal requires the priest's valuation plus twenty percent — the same restitution-plus-twenty-percent principle as the guilt offering's restitution (Leviticus 5:16) and the sacred food's inadvertent consumption (Leviticus 22:14). The consistent twenty-percent addition across the redemption categories communicates the covenant's unified approach to the recovery of what has been consecrated: the original value plus a fifth honors the sacred character of what is being redeemed.

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