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 sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: The man who will have made a vow and espoused his soul to God shall give the price according to the estimation.

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.

If it is a male from twenty years to sixty years, he shall give fifty shekels of silver, by the measure of the Sanctuary;

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

if it is a woman, thirty.

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;

But from the fifth year until the twentieth, a male shall give twenty shekels; a female, ten.

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;

From one month until the fifth year, for a male, five shekels shall be given; for a female, three.

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.

At sixty years and beyond, a male shall give fifteen shekels; 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.

If he is poor, and he does not have the means to pay the estimation, he shall stand before the priest, and however much he will value him and see that he is able to pay, so much shall he 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;

But an animal which could be immolated to the Lord, if anyone has vowed 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.

and it cannot be exchanged, that is, neither better for worse, nor worse for better. And if he has exchanged it, both that which was exchanged, and that for which it was exchanged shall be consecrated to the Lord.

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,

An unclean animal which could not be sacrificed to the Lord, if anyone has vowed it, shall be led before the priest,

12 and the priest has valued it, whether good or bad; according to your valuation, O priest, so it is;

who, judging whether it is either good or bad, shall set the price.

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

But if he who offers it was willing to give, he shall add a fifth part above the estimation.

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;

If a man has vowed his house, and he has sanctified it to the Lord, the priest shall examine it, whether it is good or bad, and it shall be sold according to the price which he will have established.

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.

But if he who vowed it was willing to redeem it, he shall give a fifth part beyond the estimation, and he shall have the house.

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;

But if he has vowed a field of his possession, and has consecrated it to the Lord, the price shall be estimated according to the measure of the seed. If the land would be sown with thirty measures of barley, then let it be sold for fifty shekels of silver.

17 if he sanctifies his field from the Year of the Jubilee, according to your valuation it stands;

If he has vowed his field beginning from the current year of Jubilee, as much as it may be worth, so shall it be estimated.

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, after some amount of time, the priest shall evaluate the money according to the number of years that remain until the Jubilee, then the price shall be reduced.

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;

But if he who had vowed it, was willing to redeem his field, he shall add a fifth part of the money to the estimation, and then he shall possess it.

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 is not willing to redeem it, then it shall be sold to any other; he who vowed it is no longer able to 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.

For when the day of Jubilee arrives, it shall be sanctified to the Lord. And as a possession that has been consecrated, it rightfully belongs to the priest.

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

If a field has been bought, and it is not from the possession of ancestors, it shall be sanctified to the Lord.

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 evaluate the price according to the number of years until the Jubilee; and the one who had vowed it shall give 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.

Then, in the Jubilee, it shall be returned to the former owner, the one who had sold it and who had held it within the lot of his possession.

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

All estimation shall be weighed according to the shekel of the Sanctuary. A shekel has twenty obols.

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

The firstborn, which belong to the Lord, no one is able to sanctify or vow, whether it is an ox, or a sheep, they are for the Lord.

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 it is an unclean animal, whoever offers it shall redeem it, according to your estimation, and he shall add a fifth part to the price. If he is not willing to redeem it, it shall be sold to another for whatever amount it was estimated by you.

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.

All that is consecrated to the Lord, whether it is a man, or an animal, or a field, shall not be sold; neither is it able to be redeemed. Anything, once it has been consecrated, shall be the Holy of holies to the Lord.

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

And all that has been consecrated, which is offered by man, shall not be redeemed, but shall surely die.

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.

All the tithes of the land, whether from the grain, or from the fruits of trees, are for the Lord and are sanctified to him.

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

But if anyone is willing to redeem his tithes, he shall add a fifth part to them.

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;

Out of all the tithes of oxen, and sheep, and goats, which cross under the rod of the shepherd, every tenth one that arrives shall be sanctified 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.”

It shall not be chosen by what is good or bad; neither shall it be exchanged for another. If anyone has exchanged it, both that which was exchanged, and that for which it was exchanged, shall be sanctified to the Lord and 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 precepts, which the Lord commanded Moses for the sons of Israel on mount Sinai.