Leviticus 27

1 Then the LORD said to Moses,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

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

Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: The man who will have made a vow and espoused his soul to God shall give the price according to the estimation.

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.

If it is a male from twenty years to sixty years, he shall give fifty shekels of silver, by the measure of the Sanctuary;

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

if it is a woman, thirty.

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.

But from the fifth year until the twentieth, a male shall give twenty shekels; a female, ten.

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.

From one month until the fifth year, for a male, five shekels shall be given; for a female, three.

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.

At sixty years and beyond, a male shall give fifteen shekels; 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.

If he is poor, and he does not have the means to pay the estimation, he shall stand before the priest, and however much he will value him and see that he is able to pay, so much shall he 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.

But an animal which could be immolated to the Lord, if anyone has vowed it, shall 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.

and it cannot be exchanged, that is, neither better for worse, nor worse for better. And if he has exchanged it, both that which was exchanged, and that for which it was exchanged shall be consecrated to the Lord.

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.

An unclean animal which could not be sacrificed to the Lord, if anyone has vowed it, shall be led before the priest,

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

who, judging whether it is either good or bad, shall set the price.

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

But if he who offers it was willing to give, he shall add a fifth part above the estimation.

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.

If a man has vowed his house, and he has sanctified it to the Lord, the priest shall examine it, whether it is good or bad, and it shall be sold according to the price which he will have established.

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.

But if he who vowed it was willing to redeem it, he shall give a fifth part beyond the estimation, and he shall have the house.

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.

But if he has vowed a field of his possession, and has consecrated it to the Lord, the price shall be estimated according to the measure of the seed. If the land would be sown with thirty measures of barley, then let it be sold for 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 has vowed his field beginning from the current year of Jubilee, as much as it may be worth, so shall it be estimated.

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, after some amount of time, the priest shall evaluate the money according to the number of years that remain until the Jubilee, then the price shall be reduced.

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.

But if he who had vowed it, was willing to redeem his field, he shall add a fifth part of the money to the estimation, and then he shall possess it.

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 is not willing to redeem it, then it shall be sold to any other; he who vowed it is no longer able to redeem it.

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.

For when the day of Jubilee arrives, it shall be sanctified to the Lord. And as a possession that has been consecrated, it rightfully belongs to 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,

If a field has been bought, and it is not from the possession of ancestors, it shall be sanctified to the Lord.

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.

The priest shall evaluate the price according to the number of years until the Jubilee; and the one who had vowed it shall give 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.

Then, in the Jubilee, it shall be returned to the former owner, the one who had sold it and who had held it within the lot of his possession.

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

All estimation shall be weighed according to the shekel of the Sanctuary. A shekel has twenty obols.

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.

The firstborn, which belong to the Lord, no one is able to sanctify or vow, whether it is an ox, or a sheep, they are for the Lord.

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.

But if it is an unclean animal, whoever offers it shall redeem it, according to your estimation, and he shall add a fifth part to the price. If he is not willing to redeem it, it shall be sold to another for whatever amount it was estimated by you.

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.

All that is consecrated to the Lord, whether it is a man, or an animal, or a field, shall not be sold; neither is it able to be redeemed. Anything, once it has been consecrated, shall be the Holy of holies to the Lord.

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

And all that has been consecrated, which is offered by man, shall not be redeemed, but shall surely die.

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.

All the tithes of the land, whether from the grain, or from the fruits of trees, are for the Lord and are sanctified to him.

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

But if anyone is willing to redeem his tithes, he shall add a fifth part to them.

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

Out of all the tithes of oxen, and sheep, and goats, which cross under the rod of the shepherd, every tenth one that arrives shall be sanctified 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.’”

It shall not be chosen by what is good or bad; neither shall it be exchanged for another. If anyone has exchanged it, both that which was exchanged, and that for which it was exchanged, shall be sanctified to the Lord and shall not be redeemed.

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

These are the precepts, which the Lord commanded Moses for the sons of Israel on mount Sinai.