Leviticus 27
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Promises Are Important
1The Lord said to Moses, 2“Tell the Israelites: You might promise to give someone to the Lord as a servant. The priest must set a price for that person. 3The price for a man from 20 to 60 years old is 50 shekels#27:3 shekel 2/5 of an ounce (11.5 g). Also in verse 16. of silver. (You must use the official measure for the silver.) 4The price for a woman who is 20 to 60 years old is 30 shekels. 5The price for a man from 5 to 20 years old is 20 shekels. For a woman the price is 10 shekels. 6The price for a boy from one month to five years old is 5 shekels. For a girl, the price is 3 shekels. 7The price for a man who is 60 years old or older is 15 shekels. The price for a woman is 10 shekels.
8“If anyone is too poor to pay the price, bring that person to the priest. The priest will decide how much money the person can afford to pay.
Gifts to the Lord
9“You might promise to give an animal to the Lord. If it is a clean animal—one that is acceptable as an offering to the Lord—then the animal you bring will become holy. 10You must not put any other animal in its place. Don’t try to trade a good animal for a bad one or a bad animal for a good one. If you try to change animals, both animals will become holy—they will both belong to the Lord.
11“The animal you promised might be one that is not acceptable as an offering to the Lord. If you promised one of these unclean animals, you must bring it to the priest. 12The priest will decide a price for that animal. It doesn’t make any difference if the animal is good or bad. If the priest decides on a price, that is the price for the animal. 13If you want to buy back the animal,#27:13 buy back the animal See Ex. 13:1-16 for the laws about giving to God or “buying back” firstborn children or animals. then you must add one-fifth to the price.
The Value of a House
14“If you dedicate your house as holy to the Lord, the priest must decide its price. It doesn’t make any difference if the house is good or bad. If the priest decides on a price, that is the price for the house. 15But if you want to get the house back, you must add one-fifth to the price. Then you will get the house back.
The Value of a Field
16“You might dedicate a field to the Lord. The value of this field will depend on how much seed is needed to plant it. It will be 50 shekels of silver for each homer#27:16 homer A measure equal to about 7 bushels or about 60 gallons (220 l). of barley seed. 17If you give your field to God during the year of Jubilee, then its value will be whatever the priest decides. 18But if you give your field after the Jubilee, the priest must decide its exact price. He must count the number of years to the next year of Jubilee and use that number to decide the price. 19If you want to buy the field back, you must add one-fifth to that price. Then you will get the field back. 20If you don’t buy the field back and the land is sold to someone else, you cannot get the land back. 21If you don’t buy the land back by the year of Jubilee, the field will remain holy to the Lord—it will belong to the priest forever. It will be treated like any other thing that was given completely to the Lord.
22“If you dedicate a field to the Lord that you had bought, and it is not a part of your family’s property,#27:22 family’s property In ancient Israel, land was given by God to the family, not the individual. Usually it could not be sold, only leased for up to 50 years. 23then the priest must count the years to the year of Jubilee and decide the price for the land. Then that land will belong to the Lord. 24At the year of Jubilee, the land will go to the family that originally owned the land.
25“You must use the official measure in paying these prices. The shekel by that measure weighs 20 gerahs.#27:25 gerahs 1/50 of an ounce (.6 g).
Value of Animals
26“You can give cattle and sheep as special gifts to the Lord. But if the animal is the firstborn, it already belongs to the Lord. So you cannot give these animals as special gifts. 27If the firstborn animal is an unclean animal, you must buy back that animal. The priest will decide the price of the animal, and you must add one-fifth to that price. If you don’t buy that animal back, the priest will sell the animal for whatever price he decides.
Special Gifts
28“There is a special kind of gift#27:28 special kind of gift This usually means things taken in war. These things (gifts) belonged only to the Lord, so they could not be used for anything else. that people give to the Lord. It belongs only to him, and it cannot be bought back or sold. This gift belongs to the Lord. This type of gift includes people, animals, and fields from the family property. 29If this gift is a person, that person cannot be bought back. That person must be killed.
30“A tenth of all crops belongs to the Lord. This means the crops from fields and the fruit from trees—a tenth belongs to the Lord. 31So if you want to get back your tenth, you must add one-fifth to its price and then buy it back.
32“The priests will take every tenth animal from a person’s cattle or sheep. Every tenth animal will belong to the Lord. 33The owner should not worry if the chosen animal is good or bad or change the animal for another animal. If this happens, both animals will belong to the Lord. That animal cannot be bought back.”
34These are the commands that the Lord gave Moses at Mount Sinai for the Israelites.
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Leviticus 27
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1The Lord told Moses, 2“Tell the Israelites: When you make a special promise to dedicate someone to the Lord, these are the values you are to use. 3The value of a man aged twenty to sixty is fifty shekels of silver (using the sanctuary shekel standard). 4The value of a woman is thirty shekels. 5The value of someone aged five to twenty is twenty shekels for a male and ten shekels for a female. 6The value of someone aged one month to five years is five shekels of silver for a male and three shekels of silver for a female. 7The value of someone aged sixty or older is fifteen shekels for a male and ten shekels of silver for a female. 8However, if when you fulfill your promise you are poorer than the fixed value, you are to present the person before the priest, who will then set the value depending on what you can afford.
9If when you fulfill your promise you bring an animal that is permitted as an offering to the Lord, the animal given to the Lord shall be considered holy. 10You are not allowed to replace it or swap it, either for one that is better or one that is worse. However, if you do replace it then both animals become holy.
11If when you fulfill your promise you bring any unclean animal that is not permitted as an offering to the Lord, then you must show the animal to the priest. 12The priest will decide its value, whether high or low. Whatever value the priest places on it is final. 13If you then decide to buy the animal back, you have to add one-fifth to its value in payment.
14If you dedicate your house as holy to the Lord, then the priest will decide its value, whether high or low. Whatever value the priest places on it remains final. 15But if you want to buy back your house, you have to add one-fifth to its value in payment. Then it will belong to you again.
16If you dedicate some of your land to the Lord, then its value shall be determined by the amount of seed required to sow it: fifty shekels of silver for every homer of barley seed used. 17If you dedicate your field during the Jubilee Year, the value will be the full amount calculated. 18But if you dedicate your field after the Jubilee, the priest will work out the value depending on the number of years left until the next Jubilee Year, so reducing the value. 19But if you want to buy your field back, you have to add one-fifth to its value in payment. Then it will belong to you again. 20But if you don't buy the field back, or if you've already sold it to someone else, it can't ever be bought back. 21When the Jubilee comes, the field will become holy, in the same way as a field devoted to the Lord. It will become the property of the priests.
22If you dedicate to the Lord a field you've bought that was not part of your original property, 23the priest will work out the value until the next Jubilee Year. You will pay on that day the exact value, giving it as a holy offering to the Lord. 24In the Jubilee Year, ownership of the field shall revert back to the person you bought it from—to the original owner of the land. 25(All values will use the sanctuary shekel standard of twenty gerahs to the shekel.)
26No one is allowed to dedicate the firstborn of the livestock, because the firstborn belongs to the Lord. Whether they are cattle, sheep, or goats, they are the Lord's. 27But if it is an unclean animal, then you can buy it back according to its value, adding on one-fifth extra. If it's not bought back, then it is to be sold according to its value.
28Anything that you specially dedicate#27:28. The word used here and in the next verse is a religious term that means to give something to the Lord (set apart), either by destroying them or presenting them as an offering. to the Lord from what you own, whether it's a person, an animal, or your land, can't be sold or bought back. Anything specially dedicated is most holy to the Lord.
29No one who is specially dedicated to destruction can be bought back. They must be killed.
30Tithe from your crops or fruit belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord. 31If you want to buy back some of your tithe, you must add on one-fifth to its value.
32When you count your herds and flocks, every tenth animal that passes under the shepherd's rod is holy to the Lord. 33You must not examine it to see if it's good or bad, and you must not replace it. However, if you do replace it then both animals become holy; they can't be bought back.”
34These are the laws the Lord gave to Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.
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