Leviticus 27
27
Redeeming Persons and Property Dedicated to God
1Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: #Lev. 7:16; Num. 6:2; Deut. 23:21–23; Judg. 11:30, 31, 39‘When a man consecrates by a vow certain persons to the Lord, according to your valuation, 3if your valuation is of a male from twenty years old up to sixty years old, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, #Ex. 30:13; Lev. 27:25; Num. 3:47; 18:16according to the shekel of the sanctuary. 4If it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels; 5and if from five years old up to twenty years old, then your valuation for a male shall be twenty shekels, and for a female ten shekels; 6and if from a month old up to five years old, then your valuation for a male shall be five shekels of silver, and for a female your valuation shall be three shekels of silver; 7and if from sixty years old and above, if it is a male, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels, and for a female ten shekels.
8‘But if he is too poor to pay your valuation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall set a value for #Lev. 5:11; 14:21–24him; according to the ability of him who vowed, the priest shall value him.
9‘If it is an animal that men may bring as an offering to the Lord, all that anyone gives to the Lord shall be holy. 10He shall not substitute it or exchange it, good for bad or bad for good; and if he at all exchanges animal for animal, then both it and the one exchanged for it shall be #Lev. 27:33holy. 11If it is an unclean animal which they do not offer as a sacrifice to the Lord, then he shall present the animal before the priest; 12and the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad; as you, the priest, value it, so it shall be. 13#Lev. 6:5; 22:14; 27:15, 19But if he wants at all to redeem it, then he must add one-fifth to your valuation.
14‘And when a man dedicates his house to be holy to the Lord, then the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall stand. 15If he who dedicated it wants to redeem his house, then he must add one-fifth of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall be his.
16‘If a man dedicates to the Lord part of a field of his possession, then your valuation shall be according to the seed for it. A homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. 17If he dedicates his field from the Year of Jubilee, according to your valuation it shall stand. 18But if he dedicates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall #Lev. 25:15, 16, 28reckon to him the money due according to the years that remain till the Year of Jubilee, and it shall be deducted from your valuation. 19And if he who dedicates the field ever wishes to redeem it, then he must add one-fifth of the money 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; 21but the field, #Lev. 25:10, 28, 31when it is released in the Jubilee, shall be holy to the Lord, as a #Lev. 27:28devoted field; it shall be #Num. 18:14; Ezek. 44:29the possession of the priest.
22‘And if a man dedicates to the Lord a field which he has bought, which is not the field of #Lev. 25:10, 25his possession, 23then the priest shall reckon to him the worth of your valuation, up to the Year of Jubilee, and he shall give your valuation on that day as a holy offering to the Lord. 24#Lev. 25:10–13, 28In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, to the one who owned the land as a possession. 25And all your valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: #Ex. 30:13; Lev. 27:3; Num. 3:47; 18:16; Ezek. 45:12twenty gerahs to the shekel.
26‘But the #Ex. 13:2, 12; 22:30firstborn of the animals, which should be the Lord’s firstborn, no man shall dedicate; whether it is an ox or sheep, it is the Lord’s. 27And if it is an unclean animal, then he shall redeem it according to your valuation, and #Lev. 27:11, 12shall add one-fifth to it; or if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.
28#Lev. 27:21; Num. 18:14; Josh. 6:17–19‘Nevertheless no devoted offering that a man may devote to the Lord of all that he has, both man and beast, or the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted offering is most holy to the Lord. 29#Num. 21:2No person under the ban, who may become doomed to destruction among men, shall be redeemed, but shall surely be put to death. 30And #Gen. 28:22; Num. 18:21, 24; 2 Chr. 31:5, 6, 12; Neh. 13:12; Mal. 3:8all 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. 31#Lev. 27:13If a man wants at all to redeem any of his tithes, he shall add one-fifth to it. 32And concerning the tithe of the herd or the flock, of whatever #Jer. 33:13; Ezek. 20:37; Mic. 7:14passes under the rod, the tenth one shall be holy to the Lord. 33He shall not inquire whether it is good or bad, #Lev. 27:10nor shall he exchange it; and if he exchanges it at all, then both it and the one exchanged for it shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.’ ”
34#Lev. 26:46; Deut. 4:5; Mal. 4:4These are the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses for the children of Israel on Mount #Ex. 19:1–6, 25; (Heb. 12:18–29)Sinai.
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Leviticus 27
27
Dedications
1The LORD said to Moses, 2Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When a person makes a solemn promise to the LORD involving the value of a person, 3if it is the value for a male between 20 and 60 years old, his value is fifty silver shekels according to the sanctuary’s shekel. 4If the person is a female, her value is thirty shekels. 5If the age of the person is between 5 and 20 years, the value for a male is twenty shekels, for a female ten shekels. 6If the age of the person is between one month and 5 years, the value for a male is five silver shekels, for a female three silver shekels. 7If the age of the person is 60 years or more, the value is fifteen shekels if the person is male, ten shekels for a female. 8But if financial difficulty prevents the promise maker from giving the full value, they must set the person before the priest. The priest will assign the person a value according to what the promise maker can afford.
9If a solemn promise involves livestock that can be offered to the LORD, any such animal given to the LORD will be considered holy. 10The promise maker cannot replace or substitute for it, either good for bad or bad for good. But if one should substitute one animal for another, both it and the substitute will be holy. 11If the solemn promise involves any kind of unclean animal that cannot be offered to the LORD, the promise maker must set the animal before the priest. 12The priest will assign it a value, whether high or low.#27.12 Or good or bad; also in 27:14 Its value will be what the priest says. 13If the promise maker wishes to buy it back, they must add one-fifth to its value.
14When someone dedicates their house to the LORD as holy, the priest will assign a value to it, whether high or low. The value is fixed, whatever value the priest assigns to it. 15If the one who dedicates the house wishes to buy it back, they must add one-fifth to its valued price, and it will be theirs again.
16If a person dedicates part of the land from their family property to the LORD, the value will be set according to the seed needed to plant it: fifty silver shekels per homer of barley seed. 17If the person dedicates the piece of land during the Jubilee year, its value will stay fixed. 18But if the person dedicates the piece after the Jubilee year, the priest will calculate the price according to the years that are left until the next Jubilee year, and the value will be reduced. 19If the one who dedicates the land wishes to buy it back, they must add one-fifth to its valued price, and it will be theirs again. 20But if they do not buy it back or if it was sold to someone else, it is no longer able to be bought back. 21When the piece of land is released in the Jubilee year, it will be holy to the LORD like a piece of devoted land; it will be the priest’s property. 22If the person dedicates land they purchased to the LORD—land that is not part of their family property— 23the priest will calculate the amount of its value until the Jubilee year. The person must pay the value on that day as a holy donation to the LORD. 24In the Jubilee year the piece of land will return to the seller, to the one who is the original owner of the family property. 25Every value will be according to the sanctuary’s shekel. The shekel will be twenty gerahs.
26But note that a person cannot dedicate any oldest offspring from livestock, which already belongs to the LORD because it is the oldest. Whether ox or sheep, it belongs to the LORD. 27If it is an unclean animal, it may be bought back at its value plus twenty percent. If it is not bought back, it will be sold at its set value.
28Also note that everything someone devotes#27.28 Or places under the ban (also in 27:29), a technique of holy war, in which all is dedicated to the deity who helps in the battle; it often involved total destruction. to the LORD from their possessions—whether humans, animals, or pieces of land from their family property—cannot be sold or bought back. Every devoted thing is most holy to the LORD. 29No human beings that have been devoted can be bought back; they must be executed.
30All tenth-part gifts#27.30 Or tithes from the land, whether of seed from the ground or fruit from the trees, belong to the LORD; they are holy to the LORD. 31If someone wishes to buy back part of their tenth-part gift, they must add one-fifth to it. 32All tenth-part gifts from a herd or flock—every tenth animal that passes under the shepherd’s staff—will be holy to the LORD. 33The one bringing the tenth-part gift must not pick out the good from the bad, and cannot substitute any animal. But if one should substitute an animal, both it and the substitute will be holy and cannot be bought back.
34These are the commands that the LORD gave Moses on Mount Sinai for the Israelites.
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