Leviticus 27

1 The Lord told Moses,

And Yahweh spake unto 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 unto the sons of Israel and thou shall say unto them—When any man would consecrate and pay a vow by thine estimate of lives unto Yahweh,

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

then shall, thine estimate be for the male from twenty years of age even to sixty years of age, yea thine estimate shall be—fifty shekels of silver by the shekel of the sanctuary;

4 The value of a woman is thirty shekels.

but if it be, a female, then shall thine estimate be thirty shekels.

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 of age even unto twenty years of age, then shall thine estimate be for the male, twenty shekels, —and, for the female, ten shekels.

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, if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then shall thine estimate be—for the male, five shekels of silver, —and, for the female, thine estimate [shall be] three shekels 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 it be from sixty years of age and upwards, if a male, then shall thine estimate be fifteen shekels, —and, for the female, ten shekels.

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.

But if he be, too poor, for thine estimate, then shall he present himself before the priest, and the priest shall estimate him, —according to that which the hand of him who would vow can attain to, shall the priest estimate 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 a beast whereof men may bring near an oblation unto Yahweh, all that whereof aught is given to Yahweh, 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 alter it, nor change it—good for bad or bad for good, —but if he, do, change beast for beast, then shall, both it and what was given in exchange for it 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 whereof men may not bring near an oblation to Yahweh, then shall he present 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 estimate it, whether it is good or bad, —according to thine estimate, O priest, so, shall it be.

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

But if he should please to redeem, it, then shall he add the fifth part thereof unto thine estimate.

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, when, any man, would hallow his house to be holy unto Yahweh, then shall the priest estimate it, whether it is good or bad, —as the priest shall estimate 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.

But, if he that halloweth it, would redeem his house, then shall he add the fifth part of the silver of thine estimate thereunto 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 of the field of his possession any man would hallow unto Yahweh, then shall thine estimate be according to the seed thereof, —the seed of a homer of barley, at fifty shekels of silver.

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

If, from the year of jubilee, he would hallow his field, according to thine estimate, shall it stand.

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.

But if after the jubilee he would hallow his field, then shall the priest reckon to him the silver, according to the years that remain, until the year of the jubilee, —and it shall be abated from thine estimate.

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.

But, if he that hath hallowed it should be pleased to redeem, the field, then shall he add the fifth part of the silver of thine estimate thereunto and it shall be assured to him.

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.

But if he will not redeem the field, but have sold the field to another man, it shall be redeemable no longer;

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.

so shall the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee, be holy unto Yahweh as a devoted, field, —to the priest, shall belong the possession thereof.

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

If, however, a field that he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession, he would hallow unto Yahweh,

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.

then shall the priest reckon to him the amount of thine estimate until the year of the jubilee, —and he shall give thine estimate, in that day, as holy unto Yahweh.

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.

In the year of the jubilee, shall the field return unto him from whom he bought it to him whose it was as a possession in the land.

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

And, every estimate of thine, shall be by the holy shekel, —twenty gerahs, make the shekel.

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.

Only the firstling which is born a firstling to Yahweh, among beasts, no man shall hallow it, —whether ox or sheep, unto Yahweh, it belongeth.

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 it be among the beasts that are unclean, then shall he ransom it by thine estimate, and add the fifth part of it thereunto, —but, if it is not redeemed, then shall it be sold by thine estimate.

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.

Only no devoted thing which any man shall devote unto Yahweh, of all that belongeth to him, —of man or beast, or of the field of his possession, shall be either sold or redeemed, —as to every devoted thing, most holy, it is unto Yahweh.

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

As touching any one devoted, who may be devoted from among men he shall not be ransomed, —he must be, surely put to death.

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

And, as for all the tithe of the land whether of the seed of the land, [or] of the fruit of the trees, unto Yahweh, it belongeth, —as something holy unto Yahweh.

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

But, if any man should be pleased, to redeem, aught of his tithes, the fifth part thereof, shall he add thereunto.

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

And, as for all the tithe of herd and flock, all that passeth under the rod, the tenth, shall be holy unto Yahweh.

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.”

He shall not examine whether it be good or bad neither shall he change it, —or, if he do in anywise change, it, then shall both, it and what is given in exchange for it, 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 Yahweh commanded Moses for the sons of Israel, —in Mount Sinai.