Leviticus 27

1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

The Lord told Moses,

2 Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by your 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 And your estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even to sixty years old, even your estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

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

4 And if it be a female, then your estimation shall be thirty shekels.

The value of a woman is thirty shekels.

5 And if it be from five years old even to twenty years old, then your estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

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

6 And if it be from a month old even to five years old, then your estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female your estimation shall be three shekels of silver.

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 And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then your estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

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

8 But if he be poorer than your estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him.

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 And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering to the LORD, all that any man gives of such to the LORD 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 He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy.

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 And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice to the LORD, then he shall present the beast 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 And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as you value it, who are the priest, so shall it be.

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

13 But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof to your estimation.

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

14 And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy to the LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.

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 And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of your estimation to it, and it shall be his.

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 a man shall sanctify to the LORD some part of a field of his possession, then your estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels 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 sanctify his field from the year of jubilee, according to your estimation it shall stand.

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

18 But if he sanctify his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain, even to the year of the jubilee, and it shall be abated from your estimation.

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 sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of your estimation to it, and it shall be assured to him.

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 the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed 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 But the field, when it goes out in the jubilee, shall be holy to the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest’s.

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 And if a man sanctify to the LORD a field which he has bought, which is not of the fields of his possession;

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

23 Then the priest shall reckon to him the worth of your estimation, even to the year of the jubilee: and he shall give your estimation in that day, as a holy thing 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 In the year of the jubilee the field shall return to him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong.

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 And all your estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.

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

26 Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD’s firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is 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 of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according to your estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your estimation.

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 Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote to the LORD of all that he has, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy 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 None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.

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

30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD’s: it is holy to the LORD.

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

31 And if a man will at all redeem some of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof.

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

32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatever passes under the rod, the tenth shall be holy 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 He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it 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 commandments, 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.