Leviticus 27

1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, 'If anyone makes a special vow to Yahweh, use the following valuations.

Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: The man that shall have made a vow, and promised his soul to God, shall give the price according to estimation.

3 Your standard value for a male from twenty to sixty years old must be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

If it be a man from twenty years old unto sixty years old, he shall give fifty sides of silver, after the weight of the sanctuary:

4 For a female of the same ages your standard value must be thirty shekels.

If a woman, thirty.

5 From five years to twenty years old your standard value for a male must be twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

But from the fifth year until the twentieth, a man shall give twenty sicles: a woman ten.

6 From one month old to five years your standard value for a male must be five shekels of silver, and for a female three shekels of silver.

From one month until the fifth year. for a male shall be given five sides: for a female three.

7 From sixty years old and up for a male your standard value must be fifteen shekels, and for a female ten shekels.

A man that is sixty years old or upward, shall give fifteen aisles: a woman ten.

8 But if the person making the vow cannot pay the standard value, then the person being given must be presented to the priest, and the priest will value that person by the amount the one making the vow is able to afford.

If he be poor, and not able to pay tile estimation, he shall stand before tile priest: and as much as he shall value him at, and see him able to pay, so much shall he give.

9 If someone wants to sacrifice an animal to Yahweh, and if Yahweh accepts it, then that animal will be set apart to him.

But a beast that may be sacrificed to the Lord, if ally one shall vow, shall be holy,

10 The person must not alter or change such an animal, a good one for a bad one or a bad for a good. If he does at all change one animal for another, then both it and the one for which it is exchanged become holy.

And cannot be changed, that is to say, neither a better for a worse, nor a worse for a better. And if he shall change it: both that which was changed, and that for which it was changed, shall be consecrated to the Lord.

11 However, if what the person has vowed to give Yahweh is in fact unclean, so that Yahweh will not accept it, then the person must bring the animal to a priest.

An unclean beast, which cannot be sacrificed to the Lord, if my man shall vow, shall be brought before the priest:

12 The priest will value it, by the market value of the animal. Whatever value the priest places on the animal, that will be its value.

Who judging whether it be good or bad, shall set the price:

13 If the owner wishes to redeem it, then a fifth of its value is to be added to its redemption price.

Which if he that offereth it will give, he shall add above the estimation the fifth part.

14 When a man sets apart his house as a holy gift to Yahweh, then the priest will set its value as either good or bad. Whatever the priest values it, so it will be.

If a man shall vow his house, and sanctify it to the Lord, the priest shall consider it, whether it be good or bad, and it shall be sold according to the price, which he shall appoint.

15 But if the owner who set apart his home wishes to redeem it, he must add a fifth of its value to its redemption price, and it will belong to him.

But if he that vowed, will redeem it, he shall give the fifth part of the estimation over and above, and shall have the house.

16 If a man sets apart some of his own land, then the valuation of it will be in proportion to the amount of seed required to plant it—a homer of barley will be valued at fifty shekels of silver.

And if he vow the field of his possession, and consecrate it to the Lord, the price shall be rated according to the measure of the seed. If the ground be sowed with thirty bushels of barley, let it be sold for fifty sides of silver.

17 If he sets apart his field during the year of Jubilee, the valuation of it will stand.

If he vow his field immediately from the year of jubilee that is beginning, as much as it may be worth, at so much it shall be rated.

18 But if he sets apart his field after the year of Jubilee, then the priest must calculate the value of the field by the number of years that remain until the next year of Jubilee, and the valuation of it must be reduced.

But if some time after, the priest shall reckon the money according to the number of years that remain until the jubilee, and the price shall be abated.

19 If the man who set apart the field wishes to redeem it, then he must add a fifth to the valuation, and it will belong to him.

And if he that had vowed, will redeem his field, he shall add the fifth part of the money of the estimation, and shall possess it.

20 If he does not redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it cannot be redeemed any more.

And if he will not redeem it, but it be sold to any other man, he that vowed it, may not redeem it any more:

21 Instead, the field, when it is released in the year of Jubilee, will be a holy gift to Yahweh, like the field that has been completely given to Yahweh. It will belong to the priest.

For when the day of jubilee cometh, it shall be sanctified to the Lord, and as a possession consecrated, pertaineth to the right of the priests.

22 If a man sets apart a field that he has bought, but that field is not part of his family's land,

If a field that was bought, and not of a man’s ancestors’ possession, be sanctified to the Lord,

23 then the priest will figure the valuation of it up to the year of Jubilee, and the man must pay its value on that day as a holy gift to Yahweh.

The priest shall reckon the price according to the number of years: unto the jubilee: and he that had vowed, shall give that to the Lord.

24 In the year of Jubilee, the field will return to the man from whom it was bought, to the land's owner.

But in the jubilee, it shall return to the former owner, who had sold it, and had it in the lot of his possession.

25 All the valuations must be set by the weight of the sanctuary shekel. Twenty gerahs must be the equivalent of one shekel.

All estimation shall be made according to the side of the sanctuary. A sicle hath twenty obols.

26 No one may set apart the firstborn among animals, since the firstborn already belongs to Yahweh; whether ox or sheep, it is Yahweh's.

The firstborn, which belong to the Lord, no man may sanctify and vow: whether it be bullock, or sheep, they are the Lord’s.

27 If it is an unclean animal, then the owner may buy it back at the valuation of it, and a fifth must be added to that value. If the animal is not redeemed, then it is to be sold at the set value.

And if it be an unclean beast, he that offereth it shall redeem it, according to thy estimation, and shall add the fifth part of the price. If he will not redeem it, it shall be sold to another for how much soever it was estimated by thee.

28 But nothing that a man devotes to Yahweh, from all that he has, whether human or animal, or his family land, may be sold or redeemed. Everything that is devoted is very holy to Yahweh.

Any thing that is devoted to the Lord, whether it be man, or beast, or field, shall not be sold, neither may it be redeemed. Whatsoever is once consecrated shall be holy of holies to the Lord.

29 No ransom may be paid for the person who is devoted for destruction. That person must be put to death.

And any consecration that is offered by man, shall not be redeemed, but dying shall die.

30 All the tithe of the land, whether grain grown on the land or fruit from the trees, is Yahweh's. It is holy to Yahweh.

All tithes of the land, whether of corn, or of the fruits of trees, are the Lord’s, and are sanctified to him.

31 If a man redeems any of his tithe, he must add a fifth to its value.

And if any man will redeem his tithes, he shall add the fifth part of them.

32 As for every tenth of the herd or the flock, whatever passes under the shepherd's rod, one-tenth must be set apart to Yahweh.

Of all the tithes of oxen, and sheep, and goats, that pass under the shepherd’s rod, every tenth that cometh shall be sanctified to the Lord.

33 The shepherd must not search for the better or the worse animals, and he must not substitute one for another. If he changes it at all, then both it and that for which it is changed will be holy. It cannot be redeemed.'”

It shall not be chosen neither good nor bad, neither shall it be changed for another. If any man change it: both that which was changed, and that for which it was changed, shall be sanctified to the Lord, and shall not be redeemed.

34 These are the commandments that Yahweh gave at Mount Sinai to Moses for the people of Israel.

These are the precepts which the Lord commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.