Leviticus 27

1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

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,

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 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.

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

And the valuation of a female shall be thirty didrachmas.

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 it be from five years old to twenty, the valuation of a male shall be twenty didrachmas, and of a female ten didrachmas.

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 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 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 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 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.

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 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 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 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.

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 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 be any unclean beast, of which none are offered as a gift to the Lord, he shall set 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 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 and if he really redeems it, then he has added its fifth to your valuation.

And if [the worshipper] will at all redeem it, he shall add the fifth part to its 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 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 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 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 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 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 he sanctifies his field from the Year of the Jubilee, according to your valuation it stands;

And if he should sanctify his field from the year of release, it shall stand according to his valuation.

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.

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

And if he do not redeem the field, but should sell the field to another man, he shall not after redeem it.

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 shall be holy to the Lord after the release, as separated land; the priest shall have possession of it.

22 And if he sanctifies a field of his purchase to YHWH, which [is] not of the fields of his possession,

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 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;

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 Year of the Jubilee the field returns to him from whom he bought it, to him who [has] the possession 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 And all your valuation is by the shekel of the holy place: the shekel is twenty gerahs.

And every valuation shall be by holy weights: the didrachm shall be twenty oboli.

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

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 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.

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 devoted thing, which is devoted of man, is ransomed, it is surely put to death.

And whatever shall be dedicated of men, shall not be ransomed, but shall be surely 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.

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

And if a man should at all redeem his tithe, he shall add the fifth part to it, and it shall be his.

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 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 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.”

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 commands which YHWH has commanded Moses for the sons of Israel in Mount Sinai.

These are the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses for the sons of Israel in mount Sina.