Leviticus 27
27
1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: The man that shall have made a vow, and promised his soul to God, shall give the price according to estimation.
3If it be a man from twenty years old unto sixty years old, he shall give fifty sicles of silver, after the weight of the sanctuary:
4If a woman, thirty.
5But from the fifth year until the twentieth, a man shall give twenty sicles: a woman ten.
6From one month until the fifth year, for a male shall be given five sicles: for a female three.
7A man that is sixty years old or upward shall give fifteen sicles: a woman ten.
8If he be poor, and not able to pay the estimation, he shall stand before the priest: and as much as he shall value him at, and see him able to pay, so much shall he give.
9But a beast that may be sacrificed to the Lord, if any one shall vow, shall be holy,
10And cannot be changed: that is to say, neither a better for a worse, nor a worse for a better. And if he shall change it: both that which was changed, and that for which it was changed, shall be consecrated to the Lord.
11An unclean beast, which cannot be sacrificed to the Lord, if any man shall vow, shall be brought before the priest:
12Who judging whether it be good or bad shall set the price.
13Which, if he that offereth it will give, he shall add above the estimation the fifth part.
14If a man shall vow his house, and sanctify it to the Lord, the priest shall consider it, whether it be good or bad: and it shall be sold according to the price, which he shall appoint.
15But if he that vowed will redeem it, he shall give the fifth part of the estimation over and above: and shall have the house.
16And if he vow the field of his possession, and consecrate it to the Lord, the price shall be rated according to the measure of the seed. If the ground be sown with thirty bushels of barley, let it be sold for fifty sicles of silver.
17If he vow his field immediately from the year of jubilee that is beginning: as much as it may be worth, at so much it shall be rated.
18But if some time after, the priest shall reckon the money according to the number of years that remain until the jubilee, and the price shall be abated.
19And if he that had vowed will redeem his field, he shall add the fifth part of the money of the estimation, and shall possess it.
20And if he will not redeem it, but it be sold to any other man, he that vowed it may not redeem it any more.
21For when the day of jubilee cometh, it shall be sanctified to the Lord: and as a possession consecrated pertaineth to the right of the priests.
22If a field that was bought, and not of a man's ancestors' possession, be sanctified to the Lord:
23The priest shall reckon the price according to the number of years, unto the jubilee. And he that had vowed shall give that to the Lord.
24But in the jubilee it shall return to the former owner, who had sold it, and had it in the lot of his possession.
25All estimation shall be made according to the sicle of the sanctuary. A sicle hath twenty obols.
26The firstborn, which belong to the Lord, no man may sanctify and vow: whether it be bullock, or sheep, they are the Lord's.
27And if it be an unclean beast, he that offereth it shall redeem it, according to thy estimation, and shall add the fifth part of the price. If he will not redeem it, it shall be sold to another for how much soever it was estimated by thee.
28Any thing that is devoted to the Lord, whether it be man, or beast, or field, shall not be sold: neither may it be redeemed. Whatsoever is once consecrated shall be holy of holies to the Lord.
29And any consecration that is offered by man shall not be redeemed, but dying shall die.
30All tithes of the land, whether of corn, or of the fruits of trees, are the Lord's, and are sanctified to him.
31And if any man will redeem his tithes, he shall add the fifth part of them.
32Of all the tithes of oxen, and sheep, and goats, that pass under the shepherd's rod, every tenth that cometh shall be sanctified to the Lord.
33It shall not be chosen neither good nor bad, neither shall it be changed for another. If any man change it: both that which was changed, and that for which it was changed, shall be sanctified to the Lord, and shall not be redeemed.
34These are the precepts which the Lord commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.
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Leviticus 27
27
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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