Leviticus 27:2-34 ▼

2 “Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, ‘When a man makes a wonderful vow, in your valuation of his soul to YHWH,

3 your 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.

4 And if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels;

5 and 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;

6 and 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;

7 and 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.

8 And 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.

9 And 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.

10 He 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.

11 And 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.

12 And the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad; as you value it, so the priest shall set it.

13 But if he really redeems it, then he must add a fifth to your valuation.

14 And 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.

15 And 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.

16 And 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.

17 If he dedicates his field in the Year of Jubilee, according to your valuation it shall stand.

18 But 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.

19 And 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.

20 But 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.

21 And 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.

22 And if one dedicates to YHWH a field which he has bought, which is not a field of his possession,

23 then 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.

24 In the Year of the Jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, to whom is the possession of the land.

25 And all your valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary; twenty gerahs shall be to the shekel.

26 But 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.

27 And 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.

28 Nevertheless 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.

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

31 And if a man really redeems of his tithes, he shall add a fifth to it.

32 And concerning the tithe of the herd or the flock, the tenth of whatever passes under the rod shall be holy to YHWH.

33 He 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.’”

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