Leviticus 27
27
Laws About Vows
1The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, If anyone #[Judg. 11:30, 31, 39; 1 Sam. 1:11, 28; See Num. 30]makes a special vow to the Lord involving the valuation of persons, 3then the valuation of a male from twenty years old up to sixty years old shall be fifty shekels#27:3 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams of silver, according to the #ver. 25; See Ex. 30:13shekel of the sanctuary. 4If the person is a female, the valuation shall be thirty shekels. 5If the person is from five years old up to twenty years old, the valuation shall be for a male twenty shekels, and for a female ten shekels. 6If the person is from a month old up to five years old, the valuation shall be for a male five shekels of silver, and for a female the valuation shall be three shekels of silver. 7And if the person is sixty years old or over, then the valuation for a male shall be fifteen shekels, and for a female ten shekels. 8And if someone is too poor to pay the valuation, then he shall be made to stand before the priest, and the priest shall value him; the priest shall value him according to what the vower can afford.
9“If the vow#27:9 Hebrew it is an animal that may be offered as an offering to the Lord, all of it that he gives to the Lord is holy. 10#ver. 33He shall not exchange it or make a substitute for it, good for bad, or bad for good; and if he does in fact substitute one animal for another, then both it and the substitute shall be holy. 11And if it is any unclean animal that may not be offered as an offering to the Lord, then he shall stand the animal before the priest, 12and the priest shall value it as either good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall be. 13#ver. 15, 19 But if he wishes to redeem it, he shall add a #ch. 22:14fifth to the valuation.
14“When a man dedicates his house as a holy gift to the Lord, the priest shall value it as either good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall stand. 15#ver. 13 And if the donor wishes to redeem his house, he shall add a #[See ver. 13 above]fifth to the valuation price, and it shall be his.
16“If a man dedicates to the Lord part of the land that is his possession, then the valuation shall be in proportion to its seed. A homer#27:16 A homer was about 6 bushels or 220 liters of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. 17If he dedicates his field from the year of jubilee, the valuation shall stand, 18but if he dedicates his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall #ver. 23; ch. 25:15, 16calculate the price according to the years that remain until the year of jubilee, and a deduction shall be made from the valuation. 19#ver. 13 And if he who dedicates the field wishes to redeem it, then he shall add a #[See ver. 13 above]fifth to its valuation price, and it shall remain his. 20But if he does not wish to redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed anymore. 21But the field, #ch. 25:28, 30, 31, 33, 41 when it is released in the jubilee, shall be a holy gift to the Lord, like a field that has been #ver. 28 devoted. The priest shall be in #Num. 18:14; Ezek. 44:29possession of it. 22If he dedicates to the Lord a field that he has bought, #ch. 25:10, 25which is not a part of his possession, 23#ver. 18then the priest shall calculate the amount of the valuation for it up to the year of jubilee, and the man shall give the valuation on that day as a holy gift to the Lord. 24#ch. 25:28In the year of jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, to whom the land belongs as a possession. 25Every valuation shall be according to #ver. 3 the shekel of the sanctuary: #See Ex. 30:13twenty gerahs#27:25 A gerah was about 1/50 ounce or 0.6 gram shall make a shekel.
26“But a #See Ex. 13:2firstborn of animals, which as a firstborn belongs to the Lord, no man may dedicate; whether ox or sheep, it is the Lord’s. 27And if it is an unclean animal, then he shall buy it back at the valuation, #ver. 11-13and add a fifth to it; or, if it is not redeemed, it shall be sold at the valuation.
28“But #ver. 21; Josh. 6:17-19; 1 Sam. 15:21no devoted thing that a man devotes to the Lord, of anything that he has, whether man or beast, or of his inherited field, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy to the Lord. 29#[Num. 21:2; Judg. 11:35]No one devoted, who is to be devoted for destruction#27:29 That is, set apart (devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction) from mankind, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.
30 #
Gen. 14:20; 28:22; Num. 18:21, 24; Deut. 14:28; 2 Chr. 31:5, 6, 12; Neh. 13:12; Mal. 3:8, 10 “Every tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the Lord’s; it is holy to the Lord. 31If a man wishes to redeem some of his tithe, he shall add a fifth to it. 32And every tithe of herds and flocks, every tenth animal of all that #Ezek. 20:37; [Jer. 33:13]pass under the herdsman’s staff, shall be holy to the Lord. 33One shall not differentiate between good or bad, #ver. 10neither shall he make a substitute for it; and if he does substitute for it, then both it and the substitute shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.”
34 # ch. 26:46 These are the commandments that the Lord commanded Moses for the people of Israel #ch. 25:1; 26:46on Mount Sinai.
Currently Selected:
Leviticus 27: ESV
Highlight
Share
Copy
Want to have your highlights saved across all your devices? Sign up or sign in
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
Sign up to receive news and updates about the ESV:
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
Currently Selected:
:
Highlight
Share
Copy
Want to have your highlights saved across all your devices? Sign up or sign in
The Holy Bible, Modern English Version
Copyright © 2024, 2017, 2014 by United Bible Association. Published and distributed by Charisma House. All rights reserved.