Leviticus 27

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

The Lord told Moses,

2 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.

“Tell the Israelites: When you make a special promise to dedicate someone to the Lord, these are the values you are to use.

3 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:

The value of a man aged twenty to sixty is fifty shekels of silver, (using the sanctuary shekel standard).

4 If a woman, thirty.

The value of a woman is thirty shekels.

5 But from the fifth year until the twentieth, a man shall give twenty sicles: a woman ten.

The value of someone aged five to twenty is twenty shekels for a male and ten shekels for a female.

6 From one month until the fifth year. for a male shall be given five sides: for a female three.

The value of someone aged one month to five years is five shekels of silver for a male and three shekels of silver for a female.

7 A man that is sixty years old or upward, shall give fifteen aisles: a woman ten.

The value of someone aged sixty or older is fifteen shekels for a male and ten shekels of silver for a female.

8 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.

However, if when you fulfill your promise you are poorer than the fixed value, you are to present the person before the priest, who will then set the value depending on what you can afford.

9 But a beast that may be sacrificed to the Lord, if ally one shall vow, shall be holy,

If when you fulfill your promise you bring an animal that is permitted as an offering to the Lord, the animal given to the Lord shall be considered holy.

10 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.

You are not allowed to replace it or swap it, either for one that is better or one that is worse. However, if you do replace it then both animals become holy.

11 An unclean beast, which cannot be sacrificed to the Lord, if my man shall vow, shall be brought before the priest:

If when you fulfill your promise you bring any unclean animal that is not permitted as an offering to the Lord, then you must show the animal to the priest.

12 Who judging whether it be good or bad, shall set the price:

The priest will decide its value, whether high or low. Whatever value the priest places on it is final.

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

If you then decide to buy the animal back, you have to add one fifth to its value in payment.

14 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.

If you dedicate your house as holy to the Lord, then the priest will decide its value, whether high or low. Whatever value the priest places on it remains final.

15 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.

But if you want to buy back your house, you have to add one fifth to its value in payment. Then it will belong to you again.

16 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.

If you dedicate some of your land to the Lord, then its value shall be determined by the amount of seed required to sow it: fifty shekels of silver for every homer of barley seed used.

17 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.

If you dedicate your field during the Jubilee Year, the value will be the full amount calculated.

18 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.

But if you dedicate your field after the Jubilee, the priest will work out the value depending on the number of years left until the next Jubilee Year, so reducing the value.

19 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.

But if you want to buy your field back, you have to add one fifth to its value in payment. Then it will belong to you again.

20 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:

But if you don't buy the field back, or if you've already sold it to someone else, it can't ever be bought back.

21 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.

When the Jubilee comes, the field will become holy, in the same way as a field devoted to the Lord. It will become the property of the priests.

22 If a field that was bought, and not of a man’s ancestors’ possession, be sanctified to the Lord,

If you dedicate to the Lord a field you've bought that was not part of your original property,

23 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.

the priest will work out the value until the next Jubilee Year. You will pay on that day the exact value, giving it as a holy offering to the Lord.

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

In the Jubilee Year, ownership the field shall revert back to the person you bought it from—to the original owner of the land.

25 All estimation shall be made according to the side of the sanctuary. A sicle hath twenty obols.

(All values will use the sanctuary shekel standard of twenty gerahs to the shekel.)

26 The firstborn, which belong to the Lord, no man may sanctify and vow: whether it be bullock, or sheep, they are the Lord’s.

No one is allowed to dedicate the firstborn of the livestock, because the firstborn belong to the Lord. Whether they are cattle, sheep, or goats, they are the Lord's.

27 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.

But if it is an unclean animal, then you can buy it back according to its value, adding on one fifth extra. If it's not bought back, then it is to be sold according to its value.

28 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.

Anything that you specially dedicate to the Lord from what you own, whether it's a person, an animal, or your land, can't be sold or bought back. Anything specially dedicated if most holy to the Lord.

29 And any consecration that is offered by man, shall not be redeemed, but dying shall die.

No one who is specially dedicated to destruction can be bought back. They must be killed.

30 All tithes of the land, whether of corn, or of the fruits of trees, are the Lord’s, and are sanctified to him.

Tithe from your crops or fruit belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord.

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

If you want to buy back some of your tithe, you must add on one fifth to its value.

32 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.

When you count your herds and flocks, every tenth animal that passes under the shepherd's rod is holy to the Lord.

33 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.

You must not examine it to see if it's good or bad, and you must not replace it. However, if you do replace it then both animals become holy; they can't be bought back.”

34 These are the precepts which the Lord commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.

These are the laws the Lord gave to Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.