Leviticus 27

1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,

2 'Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When a man maketh a wonderful vow, by thy valuation the persons [are] Jehovah's.

“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, 'If anyone makes a special vow to Yahweh, use the following valuations.

3 When thy valuation hath been of the male from a son of twenty years even unto a son of sixty years, then hath been thy valuation fifty shekels of silver by the shekel of the sanctuary.

Your standard value for a male from twenty to sixty years old must be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

4 And if it [is] a female — then hath thy valuation been thirty shekels;

For a female of the same ages your standard value must be thirty shekels.

5 and if from a son of five years even unto a son of twenty years — then hath thy valuation been of the male twenty shekels, and for the female, ten shekels;

From five years to twenty years old your standard value for a male must be twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

6 and if from a son of a month even unto a son of five years — then hath thy valuation been of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy valuation [is] three shekels of silver;

From one month old to five years your standard value for a male must be five shekels of silver, and for a female three shekels of silver.

7 and if from a son of sixty years and above — if a male, then hath thy valuation been fifteen shekels, and for a female, ten shekels.

From sixty years old and up for a male your standard value must be fifteen shekels, and for a female ten shekels.

8 'And if he is poorer than thy valuation, then he hath presented himself before the priest, and the priest hath valued him; according to that which the hand of him who is vowing doth reach doth the priest value him.

But if the person making the vow cannot pay the standard value, then the person being given must be presented to the priest, and the priest will value that person by the amount the one making the vow is able to afford.

9 'And if [it is] a beast of which they bring near an offering to Jehovah, all that [one] giveth of it to Jehovah is holy;

If someone wants to sacrifice an animal to Yahweh, and if Yahweh accepts it, then that animal will be set apart to him.

10 he doth not change it nor exchange it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; and if he really change beast for beast, — then it hath been — it and its exchange is holy.

The person must not alter or change such an animal, a good one for a bad one or a bad for a good. If he does at all change one animal for another, then both it and the one for which it is exchanged become holy.

11 'And if [it is] any unclean beast of which they do not bring near an offering to Jehovah, then he hath presented the beast before the priest,

However, if what the person has vowed to give Yahweh is in fact unclean, so that Yahweh will not accept it, then the person must bring the animal to a priest.

12 and the priest hath valued it; whether good or bad, according to thy valuation, O priest, so it is;

The priest will value it, by the market value of the animal. Whatever value the priest places on the animal, that will be its value.

13 and if he really redeem it, then he hath added its fifth to thy valuation.

If the owner wishes to redeem it, then a fifth of its value is to be added to its redemption price.

14 'And when a man sanctifieth his house, a holy thing to Jehovah, then hath the priest valued it, whether good or bad; as the priest doth value it so it standeth;

When a man sets apart his house as a holy gift to Yahweh, then the priest will set its value as either good or bad. Whatever the priest values it, so it will be.

15 and if he who is sanctifying doth redeem his house, then he hath added a fifth of the money of thy valuation to it, and it hath become his.

But if the owner who set apart his home wishes to redeem it, he must add a fifth of its value to its redemption price, and it will belong to him.

16 'And if of the field of his possession a man sanctify to Jehovah, then hath thy valuation been according to its seed; a homer of barley-seed at fifty shekels of silver;

If a man sets apart some of his own land, then the valuation of it will be in proportion to the amount of seed required to plant it—a homer of barley will be valued at fifty shekels of silver.

17 if from the year of the jubilee he sanctify his field, according to thy valuation it standeth;

If he sets apart his field during the year of Jubilee, the valuation of it will stand.

18 and if after the jubilee he sanctify his field, then hath the priest reckoned to him the money according to the years which are left, unto the year of the jubilee, and it hath been abated from thy valuation.

But if he sets apart his field after the year of Jubilee, then the priest must calculate the value of the field by the number of years that remain until the next year of Jubilee, and the valuation of it must be reduced.

19 'And if he really redeem the field — he who is sanctifying it — then he hath added a fifth of the money of thy valuation to it, and it hath been established to him;

If the man who set apart the field wishes to redeem it, then he must add a fifth to the valuation, and it will belong to him.

20 and if he do not redeem the field, or if he hath sold the field to another man, it is not redeemed any more;

If he does not redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it cannot be redeemed any more.

21 and the field hath been, in its going out in the jubilee, holy to Jehovah as a field which is devoted; to the priest is its possession.

Instead, the field, when it is released in the year of Jubilee, will be a holy gift to Yahweh, like the field that has been completely given to Yahweh. It will belong to the priest.

22 'And if the field of his purchase (which [is] not of the fields of his possession) [one] sanctify to Jehovah —

If a man sets apart a field that he has bought, but that field is not part of his family's land,

23 then hath the priest reckoned to him the amount of thy valuation unto the year of jubilee, and he hath given thy valuation in that day — a holy thing to Jehovah;

then the priest will figure the valuation of it up to the year of Jubilee, and the man must pay its value on that day as a holy gift to Yahweh.

24 in the year of the jubilee the field returneth to him from whom he bought it, to him whose [is] the possession of the land.

In the year of Jubilee, the field will return to the man from whom it was bought, to the land's owner.

25 And all thy valuation is by the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs is the shekel.

All the valuations must be set by the weight of the sanctuary shekel. Twenty gerahs must be the equivalent of one shekel.

26 'Only, a firstling which is Jehovah's firstling among beasts — no man doth sanctify it, whether ox or sheep; it [is] Jehovah's.

No one may set apart the firstborn among animals, since the firstborn already belongs to Yahweh; whether ox or sheep, it is Yahweh's.

27 And if among the unclean beasts, then he hath ransomed [it] at thy valuation, and he hath added its fifth to it; and if it is not redeemed, then it hath been sold at thy valuation.

If it is an unclean animal, then the owner may buy it back at the valuation of it, and a fifth must be added to that value. If the animal is not redeemed, then it is to be sold at the set value.

28 'Only, no devoted thing which a man devoteth to Jehovah, of all that he hath, of man, and beast, and of the field of his possession, is sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy to Jehovah.

But nothing that a man devotes to Yahweh, from all that he has, whether human or animal, or his family land, may be sold or redeemed. Everything that is devoted is very holy to Yahweh.

29 'No devoted thing, which is devoted of man, is ransomed, it is surely put to death.

No ransom may be paid for the person who is devoted for destruction. That person must be put to death.

30 And all tithe of the land, of the seed of the land, of the fruit of the tree, is Jehovah's — holy to Jehovah.

All the tithe of the land, whether grain grown on the land or fruit from the trees, is Yahweh's. It is holy to Yahweh.

31 'And if a man really redeem [any] of his tithe, its fifth he addeth to it.

If a man redeems any of his tithe, he must add a fifth to its value.

32 'And all the tithe of the herd and of the flock — all that passeth by under the rod — the tenth is holy to Jehovah;

As for every tenth of the herd or the flock, whatever passes under the shepherd's rod, one-tenth must be set apart to Yahweh.

33 he enquireth not between good and bad, nor doth he change it; and if he really change it — then it hath been — it and its exchange is holy; it is not redeemed.'

The shepherd must not search for the better or the worse animals, and he must not substitute one for another. If he changes it at all, then both it and that for which it is changed will be holy. It cannot be redeemed.'”

34 These [are] the commands which Jehovah hath commanded Moses for the sons of Israel, in mount Sinai.

These are the commandments that Yahweh gave at Mount Sinai to Moses for the people of Israel.