“Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the Lord of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the Lord.”
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. The devoted — herem — property is the most absolute category of dedication: the property devoted to God under the herem vow is most holy and cannot be redeemed or sold. The herem is the irrevocable dedication of property to God's exclusive use. Achan's sin in Joshua 7 involves taking herem property from Jericho — property devoted to God — for personal use, producing the covenant violation that results in Israel's military defeat.
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