Leviticus 27

1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

And the Lord said to Moses,

2 “Speak to the sons of Israel, and you have said to them: When a man makes a special vow in your valuation of persons to YHWH,

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 then your valuation has been of the male from a son of twenty years even to a son of sixty years, and your valuation has been fifty shekels of silver by the shekel of the holy place.

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 And if it [is] a female, then your valuation has been thirty shekels;

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

5 and if from a son of five years even to a son of twenty years, then your valuation of the male has been twenty shekels, and for the female, ten shekels;

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 and if from a son of a month even to a son of five years, then your valuation of the male has been five shekels of silver, and for the female your valuation [is] three shekels of silver;

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 and if from a son of sixty years and above, if a male, then your valuation has been fifteen shekels, and for a female, ten shekels.

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

8 And if he is poorer than your valuation, then he has presented himself before the priest, and the priest has valued him; according to that which the hand of him who is vowing reaches, the priest values him.

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 And if [it is] a beast of which they bring near [as] an offering to YHWH, all that [one] gives of it to YHWH is 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 he does not change it nor exchange it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; and if he really exchanges beast for beast, then it has been [holy] and its exchange is holy.

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 And if [it is] any unclean beast of which they do not bring near [as] an offering to YHWH, then he has presented the beast 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 and the priest has valued it, whether good or bad; according to your valuation, O priest, so it is;

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 and if he really redeems it, then he has added its fifth to your valuation.

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

14 And when a man sanctifies his house [as] a holy thing to YHWH, then the priest has valued it, whether good or bad; as the priest values it so it stands;

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 and if he who is sanctifying redeems his house, then he has added a fifth of the money of your valuation to it, and it has become his.

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 And if a man sanctifies to YHWH from a field of his possession, then your valuation has been according to its seed—a homer of barley-seed at 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 sanctifies his field from the Year of the Jubilee, according to your valuation it stands;

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

18 and if he sanctifies his field after the Jubilee, then the priest has reckoned the money to him according to the years which are left, to the Year of the Jubilee, and it has been diminished from your valuation.

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 And if he really redeems the field—he who is sanctifying it—then he has added a fifth of the money of your valuation to it, and it has been established to him;

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 and if he does not redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it is not redeemed anymore;

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 and the field has been, in its going out in the Jubilee, holy to YHWH as a field which is devoted; his possession is for 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 And if he sanctifies a field of his purchase to YHWH, which [is] not of the fields of his possession,

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 then the priest has reckoned to him the amount of your valuation up to the Year of Jubilee, and he has given your valuation in that day [as] a holy thing to YHWH;

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 in the Year of the Jubilee the field returns to him from whom he bought it, to him who [has] the possession of the land.

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 And all your valuation is by the shekel of the holy place: the shekel is twenty gerahs.

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

26 Only, a firstling which is YHWH’s firstling among beasts—no man sanctifies it, whether ox or sheep; it [is] YHWH’s.

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 And if [from] among the unclean beast, then he has ransomed [it] at your valuation, and he has added its fifth to it; and if it is not redeemed, then it has been sold at your valuation.

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 Only, no devoted thing which a man devotes to YHWH of all that he has, of man, and beast, and of the field of his possession, is sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy to YHWH.

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 No devoted thing, which is devoted of man, is ransomed, it is surely put to death.

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

30 And all tithe of the land, of the seed of the land, of the fruit of the tree, is YHWH’s; [it is] holy to YHWH.

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

31 And if a man really redeems [any] of his tithe, he adds its fifth to it.

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 And all the tithe of the herd and of the flock—all that passes by under the rod—the tenth is holy to YHWH;

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 he does not inquire between good and bad, nor does he exchange it; and if he really exchanges it, then it has been [holy] and its exchange is holy; it is not 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 commands which YHWH has commanded Moses for the sons of Israel in Mount Sinai.

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