Rules about Valuations

1And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying, 2“Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, ‘When a man makes a wonderful vow, according to your valuation of his soul to YHWH, 3your valuation, if it is a male from a son of twenty years and up to sixty years old, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver,† according to the shekel of the sanctuary.† 4And if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels;† 5and if from a son of five years and up to twenty years old, then your valuation shall be for the male twenty shekels,† and for the female ten shekels;†

6and if from a son of a month and up to five years old, then your valuation shall be for the male five shekels of silver,† and for the female your valuation is three shekels of silver;† 7and if from a son of sixty years and above, if it is a male, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels,† and for the female ten shekels. 8And if he is poorer than your valuation, then he shall present him† before the face of the priest, and the priest shall value him according to mouth, after the reach of the hand who vowed, the priest shall value him.

9And if it is an animal that men may bring as an offering to YHWH, all that he gives of such to YHWH shall be holy. 10He shall not substitute it or exchange it, good for bad or bad for good. And if he actually substitutes animal for animal, then it shall be that it and the one exchanged for it shall be holy.

11And if it is any unclean animal, which they do not offer as a sacrifice to YHWH, then he shall present the animal before the face of the priest. 12And the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad; as you value it, so the priest shall set it. 13But if he really redeems it, then he must add a fifth to your valuation.

14And when a man dedicates his house to be holy to YHWH, then the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad. As the priest values it, so shall it stand. 15And if he who dedicated it would redeem his house, then he must add a fifth of the silver of your valuation to it, and it shall be his.

16And if a man dedicates to YHWH part of a field of his possession, then your valuation shall be according to the seed for it—a homer of barley seed† at fifty shekels of silver. 17If he dedicates his field in the Year of Jubilee, according to your valuation it shall stand.

18But if he dedicates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall reckon due to him the silver according to the years that remain until the Year of the Jubilee, and it shall be deducted from your valuation. 19And if he who dedicates it really redeems the field, he must add a fifth of the silver of your valuation to it, and it shall belong to him.

20But if he does not want to redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed anymore. 21And the field, when it is released in the Jubilee, shall be holy. As a field devoted to YHWH, it shall be the possession of the priest.

22And if one dedicates to YHWH a field which he has bought, which is not a field of his possession, 23then the priest shall reckon to him the worth of your valuation up to the Year of the Jubilee, and he shall give your valuation on that day as a holy thing to YHWH. 24In the Year of the Jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, to whom is the possession of the land. 25And all your valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary; twenty gerahs† shall be to the shekel.

26But the firstborn that is to YHWH firstborn of the animals, no man shall dedicate, whether it is an ox or a sheep; it belongs to YHWH. 27And if an animal is unclean, then he shall redeem it according to your valuation and shall add a fifth to it. Or if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.

28Nevertheless any devoted thing that a man may devote† to YHWH of all that is unto him, man and beast, or the field of his possession, shall not be sold and it shall not be redeemed. Every devoted thing is holy of holies† to YHWH.

29Any devoted thing that is devoted to destruction among men shall not be redeemed; it must surely be put to death.

Instruction on Tithes
(Deuteronomy 14:22–29; Deuteronomy 26:1–15; Nehemiah 13:10–14)

30And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is to YHWH; it is holy to YHWH. 31And if a man really redeems of his tithes, he shall add a fifth to it.

32And concerning the tithe of the herd or the flock, the tenth of whatever passes under the rod shall be holy to YHWH. 33He shall not inquire whether it is good or bad, nor shall he exchange it. And if he actually substitutes, then it shall be that it and the one exchanged for it shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.’”

34These are the commandments that YHWH commanded Moses for the sons of Israel on Mount Sinai.

Footnotes:

3 50 shekels is approximately 1.26 pounds or 569.8 grams of silver; also in verse 16.
3 A shekel weighed approximately 0.4 ounces or 11.4 grams; also in verse 25.
4 30 shekels is approximately 12 ounces or 342 grams of silver.
5 20 shekels is approximately 8 ounces or 228 grams of silver.
5 10 shekels is approximately 4 ounces or 114 grams of silver; also in verse 7.
6 5 shekels is approximately 2 ounces or 57 grams of silver.
6 3 shekels is approximately 1.2 ounces or 34.2 grams of silver.
7 15 shekels is approximately 6 ounces or 171 grams of silver.
8 Or present himself
16 A homer is a dry measure of approximately 6.24 bushels or 220 liters (probably about 291 pounds or 132 kilograms of barley seed).
25 20 gerahs is equivalent to one shekel (approximately 0.4 ounces or 11.4 grams).
28 Forms of the Hebrew cherem refer to the giving over of things or persons to YHWH; similarly in verse 29.
28 Or most holy