Leviticus 27

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

And the Lord said to Moses,

2 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.

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

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 if it is a woman, thirty.

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

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

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

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

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

8 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.

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

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 An unclean animal which could not be sacrificed to the Lord, if anyone has vowed it, shall be led 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 who, judging whether it is either good or bad, shall set the price.

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

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

14 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.

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

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 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.

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 has vowed his field beginning from the current year of Jubilee, as much as it may be worth, so shall it be estimated.

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

18 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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

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 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.

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 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.

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

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

26 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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

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

30 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.

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

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

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 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.

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 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.

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

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