< Leviticus 27 >

1 The Lord told Moses,
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Tell the Israelites: When you make a special promise to dedicate someone to the Lord, these are the values you are to use.
Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, Whosoever shall vow a vow as the valuation of his soul for the Lord,
3 The value of a man aged twenty to sixty is fifty shekels of silver, (using the sanctuary shekel standard).
the valuation of a male from twenty years old to sixty years old shall be his valuation shall be fifty didrachmas of silver by the standard of the sanctuary.
4 The value of a woman is thirty shekels.
And the valuation of a female shall be thirty didrachmas.
5 The value of someone aged five to twenty is twenty shekels for a male and ten shekels for a female.
And if it be from five years old to twenty, the valuation of a male shall be twenty didrachmas, and of a female ten didrachmas.
6 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.
And from a month old to five years old, the valuation of a male shall be five didrachmas, and of a female, three didrachmas of silver.
7 The value of someone aged sixty or older is fifteen shekels for a male and ten shekels of silver for a female.
And if from sixty year [old] and upward, if it be a male, his valuation shall be fifteen didrachmas of silver, and if a female, ten didrachmas.
8 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.
And if the man be too poor for the valuation, he shall stand before the priest; and the priest shall value him: according to what the man who has vowed can afford, the priest shall value him.
9 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.
And if it be from the cattle that are offered as a gift to the Lord, whoever shall offer one of these to the Lord, it shall be holy.
10 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.
He shall not change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; and if he do at all change it, a beast for a beast, it and the substitute shall be holy.
11 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.
And if it be any unclean beast, of which none are offered as a gift to the Lord, he shall set the beast before the priest.
12 The priest will decide its value, whether high or low. Whatever value the priest places on it is final.
And the priest shall make a valuation between the good and the bad, and accordingly as the priest shall value it, so shall it stand.
13 If you then decide to buy the animal back, you have to add one fifth to its value in payment.
And if [the worshipper] will at all redeem it, he shall add the fifth part to its value.
14 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.
And whatever man shall consecrate his house as holy to the Lord, the priest shall make a valuation of it between the good and the bad: as the priest shall value it, so shall it stand.
15 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.
And if he that has sanctified it should redeem his house, he shall add to it the fifth part of the money of the valuation, and it shall be his.
16 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.
And if a man should hallow to the Lord a part of the field of his possession, then the valuation shall be according to its seed, fifty didrachmas of silver for a homer of barley.
17 If you dedicate your field during the Jubilee Year, the value will be the full amount calculated.
And if he should sanctify his field from the year of release, it shall stand according to his valuation.
18 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.
And if he should sanctify his field in the latter time after the release, the priest shall reckon to him the money for the remaining years, until the [next] year of release, and it shall be deducted as an equivalent from his full valuation.
19 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.
And if he that sanctified the field would redeem it, he shall add to its value the fifth part of the money, and it shall be his.
20 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.
And if he do not redeem the field, but should sell the field to another man, he shall not after redeem it.
21 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.
But the field shall be holy to the Lord after the release, as separated land; the priest shall have possession of it.
22 If you dedicate to the Lord a field you've bought that was not part of your original property,
And if he should consecrate to the Lord of a field which he has bought, which is not of the field of his possession,
23 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.
the priest shall reckon to him the full valuation from the year of release, and he shall pay the valuation in that day [as] holy to the Lord.
24 In the Jubilee Year, ownership the field shall revert back to the person you bought it from—to the original owner of the land.
And in the year of release the land shall be restored to the man of whom the other bought it, whose the possession of the land was.
25 (All values will use the sanctuary shekel standard of twenty gerahs to the shekel.)
And every valuation shall be by holy weights: the didrachm shall be twenty oboli.
26 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.
And every firstborn which shall be produced amongst your cattle shall be the Lord's, and no man shall sanctify it: whether calf or sheep, it is the Lord's.
27 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.
But if he should redeem an unclean beast, according to its valuation, then he shall add the fifth part to it, and it shall be his; and if he redeem it not, it shall be sold according to its valuation.
28 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.
And every dedicated thing which a man shall dedicate to the Lord of all that he has, whether man or beast, or of the field of his possession, he shall not sell it, nor redeem it: every devoted thing shall be most holy to the Lord.
29 No one who is specially dedicated to destruction can be bought back. They must be killed.
And whatever shall be dedicated of men, shall not be ransomed, but shall be surely put to death.
30 Tithe from your crops or fruit belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord.
Every tithe of the land, both of the seed of the land, and of the fruit of trees, is the Lord's, holy to the Lord.
31 If you want to buy back some of your tithe, you must add on one fifth to its value.
And if a man should at all redeem his tithe, he shall add the fifth part to it, and it shall be his.
32 When you count your herds and flocks, every tenth animal that passes under the shepherd's rod is holy to the Lord.
And every tithe of oxen, and of sheep, and whatever may come in numbering under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to the Lord.
33 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.”
You shall not change a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; and if you should at all change it, its equivalent also shall be holy, it shall not be redeemed.
34 These are the laws the Lord gave to Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.
These are the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses for the sons of Israel in mount Sina.

< Leviticus 27 >