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 children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: The man that shall have made a vow, and promised his soul to God, shall give the price according to 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 be a man from twenty years old unto sixty years old, he shall give fifty sides of silver, after the weight of the sanctuary:

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

If 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 man shall give twenty sicles: a woman 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 shall be given five sides: 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.

A man that is sixty years old or upward, shall give fifteen aisles: a woman 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 be poor, and not able to pay tile estimation, he shall stand before tile priest: and as much as he shall value him at, and see him 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 a beast that may be sacrificed to the Lord, if ally one shall vow, 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 cannot be changed, that is to say, neither a better for a worse, nor a worse for a better. And if he shall change it: both that which was changed, and that for which it was changed, 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 beast, which cannot be sacrificed to the Lord, if my man shall vow, shall be brought 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 be 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.

Which if he that offereth it will give, he shall add above the estimation the fifth part.

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 shall vow his house, and sanctify it to the Lord, the priest shall consider it, whether it be good or bad, and it shall be sold according to the price, which he shall appoint.

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 that vowed, will redeem it, he shall give the fifth part of the estimation over and above, and 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.

And if he vow the field of his possession, and consecrate it to the Lord, the price shall be rated according to the measure of the seed. If the ground be sowed with thirty bushels of barley, let it be sold for fifty sides of silver.

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

If he vow his field immediately from the year of jubilee that is beginning, as much as it may be worth, at so much it shall be rated.

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 some time after, the priest shall reckon the money according to the number of years that remain until the jubilee, and the price shall be abated.

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 he that had vowed, will redeem his field, he shall add the fifth part of the money of the estimation, and 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.

And if he will not redeem it, but it be sold to any other man, he that vowed it, may not redeem it any more:

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 cometh, it shall be sanctified to the Lord, and as a possession consecrated, pertaineth to the right of the priests.

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 that was bought, and not of a man’s ancestors’ possession, 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 reckon the price according to the number of years: unto the jubilee: and he that had vowed, shall give that 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.

But in the jubilee, it shall return to the former owner, who had sold it, and had it in the lot of his possession.

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

All estimation shall be made according to the side of the sanctuary. A sicle hath 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 man may sanctify and vow: whether it be bullock, or sheep, they are 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 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.

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.

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.

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

And any consecration that is offered by man, shall not be redeemed, but dying shall 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 tithes of the land, whether of corn, or of the fruits of trees, are the Lord’s, and are sanctified to him.

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

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

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

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.

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 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.

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 children of Israel in mount Sinai.