Leviticus 27

1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,

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 thy estimation.

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

3 And thy estimation shall be, of the male from twenty years old even to sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

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

4 And if it [shall be] a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

8 But if he shall be poorer than thy 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.

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.

9 And if [it shall be] a beast of which men bring an offering to the LORD, all that [any man] giveth of such to the LORD shall be holy.

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

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 of it shall be holy.

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.

11 And if [it shall be] any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice to the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the priest:

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.

12 And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, [who art] the priest, so shall it be.

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.

13 But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth [part] of it to thy estimation.

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

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

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.

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

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.

16 And if a man shall sanctify to the LORD [some part] of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed of it: a homer of barley seed [shall be valued] at fifty shekels of silver.

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.

17 If he shall sanctify his field from the year of jubilee, according to thy estimation it shall stand.

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

18 But if he shall 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 thy estimation.

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.

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 thy estimation to it, and it shall be assured to him.

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.

20 And if he will not redeem the field, or if he shall have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.

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

21 But the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee, shall be holy to the LORD, as a field devoted: the possession of it shall be the priest's.

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.

22 And if [a man] shall sanctify to the LORD a field which he hath bought, which [is] not of the fields of his possession;

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

23 Then the priest shall reckon to him the worth of thy estimation, [even] to the year of the jubilee, and he shall give thy estimation in that day, [as] a holy thing to the LORD.

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.

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 [belonged].

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

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

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

26 Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD'S firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether ox, or sheep: it [is] the LORD'S.

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

27 And if [it shall be] of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem [it], according to thy estimation, and shall add to it a fifth [part] of it: or if it shall be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.

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.

28 Notwithstanding, no devoted thing that a man shall devote to the LORD of all that he hath, [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.

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.

29 None devoted, which shall be devoted by men, shall be redeemed: [but] shall surely be put to death.

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

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.

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.

31 And if a man will at all redeem [aught] of his tithes, he shall add to it the fifth [part] of it.

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

32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, [even] of whatever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to the LORD.

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.

33 He shall not search whether it is good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he shall change it at all, then both it and the change of it shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.

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.'”

34 These [are] the commandments which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.

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