Leviticus 27
27
Laws Concerning Vows
1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2Speak to the Israelites, and say to them: When a man makes a special vow to the Lord # Nu 6:2; Dt 23:21–23 based on the equivalent value # 27:2 Shorthand for the formula in Lev 5:15. of persons, 3then the equivalent value of a male from twenty to sixty years old shall be fifty shekels # 27:3 About 11/4 pounds, or 575 grams; and in v. 16. of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel. # Ex 30:13; Lev 27:25 # 27:3 About 2/5 ounce, or 12 grams; and in v. 25. 4If the person is a female, then the equivalent value shall be thirty shekels. # 27:4 About 12 ounces, or 345 grams. 5If the person is five to twenty years old, then the equivalent value shall be twenty shekels # 27:5 About 8 ounces, or 230 grams. for a male and ten shekels # 27:5 About 4 ounces, or 115 grams; and in v. 7. for a female. 6If the person is one month to five years old, then the equivalent value shall be five shekels # 27:6 About 2 ounces, or 58 grams. for a male and three shekels # 27:6 About 11/4 ounces, or 35 grams. of silver for a female. 7If the person is sixty years old or older, then the equivalent value shall be fifteen shekels # 27:7 About 6 ounces, or 175 grams. for a male and ten shekels for a female. 8But if he is too poor to afford the equivalent value, # Lev 14:21–22 then he shall present himself before the priest and the priest shall set his value. According to what the person making the vow can afford, so the priest shall set his value.
9And if it be an animal, of which men bring an offering to the Lord, all that any man gives of such to the Lord shall be holy. 10He shall not exchange it nor substitute it, good for bad or bad for good. If he in fact substitutes an animal for another, then both it and its substitute shall be holy. 11If it is any sort of unclean animal that is not permitted as an offering to the Lord, then he shall present the animal before the priest. 12And the priest shall set its value, whether good or bad; according to the equivalent value set by the priest, so shall it be. 13But if he plans on redeeming it, then he shall add one-fifth to the equivalent value. # Lev 27:15, 19
14When a man consecrates his house as holy to the Lord, then the priest shall set its value, whether good or bad, according to the equivalent value set by the priest, so shall it be established. 15If he who consecrates the house should redeem it, then he shall add one-fifth to its equivalent value, and it shall be his.
16If a man shall consecrate to the Lord some of his land, then the equivalent value shall be according to the seed needed to sow it: fifty shekels of silver per homer # 27:16 Likely about 300 pounds, or 135 kilograms. of barley seed. 17If he consecrates his field from the Year of Jubilee, the equivalent value shall stay fixed, 18but if he consecrates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall calculate for him the price according to the years that remain until the next Year of Jubilee, and the equivalent value shall be reduced. # Lev 25:15–16 19And if he who consecrated the field plans on redeeming it, then he shall add one-fifth to the equivalent value, and it will be established as his. 20If he does not redeem the field, but rather sells the field to another man, it may not be redeemed again. 21But when the field is released in the Jubilee, # Lev 25:10 it shall be holy to the Lord as a devoted field; it shall become the possession of the priest. # Nu 18:14; Eze 44:29
22If a man consecrates to the Lord a field that he purchased, which is not part of his land property, 23then the priest shall calculate for him the amount of the valuation, up to the Year of Jubilee, and he shall give your valuation on that day as a holy thing to the Lord. # Lev 27:18 24In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to the one from whom it was bought, to him to whom the property of land belongs. # Lev 25:28 25All your estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: Twenty gerahs # 27:25 About 1/50 ounce or 0.6 gram. shall be one shekel. # Ex 30:13; Nu 3:47
26A firstborn of animals, which as firstborn belongs to the Lord, no man may consecrate; whether ox or sheep, it is the Lord’s. # Ex 13:2, 12–13 27If it is among the unclean animals, then he shall ransom it at the equivalent value and shall add one-fifth to it, but if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold at the equivalent value.
28Anything that a man shall devote to the Lord from all that he has, whether human, animal, or land, shall not be sold or redeemed. Every devoted thing is most holy to the Lord. # Jos 6:17–19
29No one devoted of men, who shall be doomed to death, shall be redeemed; he shall surely be put to death.
30Any tithe of the land, # Ge 14:20; 28:22 whether seed of the land or fruit of the trees, belongs to the Lord. It is holy to the Lord. 31If a man plans on redeeming some of his tithe, he shall add one-fifth to it. 32Any tithe of herd or flock, all that passes under the counting staff, the tenth one shall be holy to the Lord. # Jer 33:13; Eze 20:37 33A person shall not differentiate between good or bad, nor shall he make a substitute for it, but if he does, then both it and its substitute shall be holy. # Lev 27:10 It shall not be redeemed.
34These are the commandments that the Lord commanded Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai. # Lev 26:46
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Leviticus 27
27
Rules concerning Valuations
1Again, the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2“Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘When a man makes a #27:2 Or explicit. A man could consecrate (dedicate) himself to the Lord or he could consecrate another family member, his house, his property, his animals, his field, or other possession. The priest set an established value on the person, animal, or property and the man paid the set amount instead of transferring ownership. Consecrating someone or something to the Lord was not the same as “devoting” or “setting apart” something to the Lord (see vv 21, 28).special vow [consecrating himself or a member of his family], he shall be valued according to your [established system of] valuation of people belonging to the Lord [that is, the priest accepts from the man making the vow a specified amount of money for the temple treasury in place of the actual person]. 3If your valuation is of a male between twenty and sixty years of age, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary. 4Or if the person is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels. 5If the person is between five years and twenty years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be twenty shekels and for the female ten shekels. 6But if the child is between one month and five years of age, then your valuation shall be five shekels of silver for the male and three shekels for the female. 7If the person is sixty years old and above, your valuation shall be fifteen shekels for the male, and ten shekels for the female. 8But if the person is too poor to pay your valuation, then he shall be placed before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to the ability of the one who vowed, the priest shall value him.
9‘Now if it is an animal of the kind which men can present as an offering to the Lord, any such that one gives to the Lord shall be holy. 10He shall not replace it or exchange it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; but if he does exchange an animal for an animal, then both the original offering and its substitute shall be holy. 11If it is any unclean animal of the kind which men do not present as an offering to the Lord, then he shall bring the animal before the priest, 12and the priest shall value it as either good or bad; it shall be as you, the priest, value it. 13But if he ever wishes to redeem it, then he shall add one-fifth of it to your valuation.
14‘If a man consecrates his house as sacred to the Lord, the priest shall appraise it as either good or bad; as the priest appraises it, so shall it stand. 15If the one who consecrates his house should wish to redeem it, then he shall add one-fifth of your valuation price to it, so that it may be his.
16‘And if a man consecrates to the Lord part of a field of his own property, then your valuation shall be proportionate to the seed needed for it; a homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. 17If he consecrates his field during the Year of Jubilee, it shall stand according to your valuation. 18But if he consecrates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall calculate the price for him in proportion to the years that remain until the Year of Jubilee; and it shall be deducted from your valuation. 19If the one who consecrates the field should ever wish to redeem it, then he shall add one-fifth of the appraisal price to it, so that it may return to him. 20If he does not redeem the field, but has sold it to another man, it may no longer be redeemed. 21When the field reverts in the Jubilee, the field shall be holy to the Lord, like a field set apart (devoted); the priest shall possess it as his property. 22Or if a man consecrates to the Lord a field which he has bought, which is not part of the field of his [ancestral] property, 23then the priest shall calculate for him the amount of your valuation up to the Year of Jubilee; and the man shall give that [amount] on that day as a holy thing to the Lord. 24In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to the one from whom it was purchased, to whom the land belonged [as his ancestral inheritance]. 25Every valuation of yours shall be in accordance with the sanctuary shekel; twenty gerahs shall make a shekel.
26‘However, the firstborn among animals, which as a firstborn belongs to the Lord, no man may consecrate, whether an ox or a sheep. It is [already] the Lord’s. 27If it is among the unclean animals, the owner may redeem it in accordance with your valuation, and add one-fifth to it; or if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold in accordance with your valuation.
28‘But nothing that a man #27:28 In OT times “devoting” or “setting apart” was a different and much more serious act than “consecrating” something or someone to God. The thing “devoted” belonged exclusively to God. It was an irrevocable command or vow. Anyone who kept for himself something that had been “devoted” or placed under a ban, placed himself under a sentence of death (Josh 7).sets apart [that is, devotes as an offering] to the Lord out of all that he has, of man or of animal or of the fields of his own property, shall be sold or redeemed. Anything devoted to destruction (banned, cursed) is most holy to the Lord. 29No one who may have been set apart among men shall be ransomed [from death], he shall most certainly be put to death.
30‘And all the tithe (tenth part) of the land, whether the seed of the land or the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s; it is holy to the Lord. [1 Cor 9:11; Gal 6:6] 31If a man wishes to redeem any part of his tithe, he shall add one-fifth to it. 32For every tithe of the herd or flock, whatever #27:32 Each tenth animal was marked as it passed through a small door.passes under the [shepherd’s] staff, the tenth one shall be holy to the Lord. [2 Cor 9:7-9] 33The man is not to be concerned whether the animal is good or bad, nor shall he exchange it. But if he does exchange it, then both it and its substitute shall become holy; it shall not be redeemed.’ ”
34These are the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses on Mount Sinai for the children of Israel. [Rom 10:4; Heb 4:2; 12:18-29]
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