Leviticus 27

1 Then the LORD said to Moses,

And the Lord said to Moses,

2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘When someone makes a special vow to the LORD involving the value of persons,

Say to the children of Israel, If a man makes a special oath, you will give your decision as to the value of the persons for the Lord.

3 if the valuation concerns a male from twenty to sixty years of age, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel.

And you will put the value of a male from twenty years to sixty years old at fifty shekels of silver, by the scale of the holy place.

4 Or if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.

And if it is a female, the value will be thirty shekels.

5 And if the person is from five to twenty years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

And if the person is from five to twenty years old, the value will be twenty shekels for a male, and ten for a female.

6 Now if the person is from one month to five years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be five shekels of silver, and for the female three shekels of silver.

And if the person is from one month to five years old, then the value for a male will be five shekels of silver, and for a female three shekels.

7 And if the person is sixty years of age or older, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels for the male and ten shekels for the female.

And for sixty years old and over, for a male the value will be fifteen shekels, and for a female, ten.

8 But if the one making the vow is too poor to pay the valuation, he is to present the person before the priest, who shall set the value according to what the one making the vow can afford.

But if he is poorer than the value which you have put on him, then let him be taken to the priest, and the priest will put a value on him, such as it is possible for him to give.

9 If he vows an animal that may be brought as an offering to the LORD, any such animal given to the LORD shall be holy.

And if it is a beast of which men make offerings to the Lord, whatever any man gives of such to the Lord will be holy.

10 He must not replace it or exchange it, either good for bad or bad for good. But if he does substitute one animal for another, both that animal and its substitute will be holy.

It may not be changed in any way, a good given for a bad, or a bad for a good; if one beast is changed for another, the two will be holy.

11 But if the vow involves any of the unclean animals that may not be brought as an offering to the LORD, the animal must be presented before the priest.

And if it is any unclean beast, of which offerings are not made to the Lord, then let him take the beast before the priest;

12 The priest shall set its value, whether high or low; as the priest values it, the price will be set.

And let the priest put a value on it, if it is good or bad; whatever value the priest puts on it, so will it be.

13 If, however, the owner decides to redeem the animal, he must add a fifth to its value.

But if he has a desire to get it back for himself, let him give a fifth more than your value.

14 Now if a man consecrates his house as holy to the LORD, then the priest shall value it either as good or bad. The price will stand just as the priest values it.

And if a man has given his house as holy to the Lord, then the priest will put a value on it, if it is good or bad; as the priest gives decision so will the value be fixed.

15 But if he who consecrated his house redeems it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value, and it will belong to him.

And if the owner has a desire to get back his house, let him give a fifth more than your value, and it will be his.

16 If a man consecrates to the LORD a parcel of his land, then your valuation shall be proportional to the seed required for it—fifty shekels of silver for every homer of barley seed.

And if a man gives to the Lord part of the field which is his property, then let your value be in relation to the seed which is planted in it; a measure of barley grain will be valued at fifty shekels of silver.

17 If he consecrates his field during the Year of Jubilee, the price will stand according to your valuation.

If he gives his field from the year of Jubilee, the value will be fixed by your decision.

18 But if he consecrates his field after the Jubilee, the priest is to calculate the price in proportion to the years left until the next Year of Jubilee, so that your valuation will be reduced.

But if he gives his field after the year of Jubilee, the amount of the money will be worked out by the priest in relation to the number of years till the coming year of Jubilee, and the necessary amount will be taken off your value.

19 And if the one who consecrated the field decides to redeem it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value, and it shall belong to him.

And if the man who has given the field has a desire to get it back, let him give a fifth more than the price at which it was valued and it will be his.

20 If, however, he does not redeem the field, or if he has sold it to another man, it may no longer be redeemed.

But if he has no desire to get it back, or if he has given it for a price to another man, it may not be got back again.

21 When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the LORD; it becomes the property of the priests.

But the field, when it becomes free at the year of Jubilee, will be holy to the Lord, as a field given under oath: it will be the property of the priest.

22 Now if a man consecrates to the LORD a field he has purchased, which is not a part of his own property,

And if a man gives to the Lord a field which he has got for money from another, which is not part of his heritage;

23 then the priest shall calculate for him the value up to the Year of Jubilee, and the man shall pay the assessed value on that day as a sacred offering to the LORD.

Then the value fixed by you up to the year of Jubilee will be worked out for him by the priest, and in that day he will give the amount of your value as holy to the Lord.

24 In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to the one from whom it was bought—the original owner of the land.

In the year of Jubilee the field will go back to him from whom he got it, that is, to him whose heritage it was.

25 Every valuation will be according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.

And let all your values be based on the shekel of the holy place, that is, twenty gerahs to the shekel.

26 But no one may consecrate a firstborn of the livestock, because a firstborn belongs to the LORD. Whether it is an ox or a sheep, it is the LORD’s.

But a man may not give by oath to the Lord the first-fruits of cattle which are offered to the Lord: if it is an ox or a sheep it is the Lord's.

27 But if it is among the unclean animals, then he may redeem it according to your valuation and add a fifth of its value. If it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.

And if it is an unclean beast, then the owner of it may give money to get it back, in agreement with the value fixed by you, by giving a fifth more; or if it is not taken back, let it be given for money in agreement with your valuing.

28 Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.

But nothing which a man has given completely to the Lord, out of all his property, of man or beast, or of the land which is his heritage, may be given away or got back in exchange for money; anything completely given is most holy to the Lord.

29 No person set apart for destruction may be ransomed; he must surely be put to death.

Any man given completely to the Lord may not be got back: he is certainly to be put to death.

30 Thus any tithe from the land, whether from the seed of the land or the fruit of the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD.

And every tenth part of the land, of the seed planted, or of the fruit of trees, is holy to the Lord.

31 If a man wishes to redeem part of his tithe, he must add a fifth to its value.

And if a man has a desire to get back any of the tenth part which he has given, let him give a fifth more.

32 Every tenth animal from the herd or flock that passes under the shepherd’s rod will be holy to the LORD.

And a tenth part of the herd and of the flock, whatever goes under the rod of the valuer, will be holy to the Lord.

33 He must not inspect whether it is good or bad, and he shall not make any substitution. But if he does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute shall become holy; they cannot be redeemed.’”

He may not make search to see if it is good or bad, or make any changes in it; and if he makes exchange of it for another, the two will be holy; he will not get them back again.

34 These are the commandments that the LORD gave to Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.

These are the orders which the Lord gave to Moses for the children of Israel in Mount Sinai.