Leviticus 27

1 The Lord told Moses,

And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:

2 “Tell the Israelites: When you make a special promise to dedicate someone to the Lord, these are the values you are to use.

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: When a man shall clearly utter a vow of persons unto the LORD, according to thy valuation,

3 The value of a man aged twenty to sixty is fifty shekels of silver, (using the sanctuary shekel standard).

then thy valuation shall be for the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

4 The value of a woman is thirty shekels.

And if it be a female, then thy valuation shall be thirty shekels.

5 The value of someone aged five to twenty is twenty shekels for a male and ten shekels for a female.

And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy valuation shall be for the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

6 The 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.

And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy valuation shall be for the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy valuation shall be three shekels of silver.

7 The value of someone aged sixty or older is fifteen shekels for a male and ten shekels of silver for a female.

And if it be from sixty years old and upward: if it be a male, then thy valuation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

8 However, 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.

But if he be too poor for thy valuation, then he shall be set before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to the means of him that vowed shall the priest value him.

9 If 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.

And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD, all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy.

10 You 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.

He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy.

11 If 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.

And if it be any unclean beast, of which they may not bring an offering unto the LORD, then he shall set the beast before the priest.

12 The priest will decide its value, whether high or low. Whatever value the priest places on it is final.

And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad; as thou the priest valuest it, so shall it be.

13 If you then decide to buy the animal back, you have to add one fifth to its value in payment.

But if he will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part thereof unto thy valuation.

14 If 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.

And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad; as the priest shall value it, so shall it stand.

15 But 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.

And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy valuation unto it, and it shall be his.

16 If 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.

And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD part of the field of his possession, then thy valuation shall be according to the sowing thereof; the sowing of a homer of barley shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.

17 If you dedicate your field during the Jubilee Year, the value will be the full amount calculated.

If he sanctify his field from the year of jubilee, according to thy valuation it shall stand.

18 But 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.

But if he sanctify his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain unto the year of jubilee, and an abatement shall be made from thy valuation.

19 But 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.

And if he that sanctified the field will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy valuation unto it, and it shall be assured to him.

20 But 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.

And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.

21 When 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.

But the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's.

22 If you dedicate to the Lord a field you've bought that was not part of your original property,

And if he sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought, which is not of the field of his possession;

23 the 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.

then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy valuation unto the year of jubilee; and he shall give thy valuation in that day, as a holy thing unto the LORD.

24 In the Jubilee Year, ownership the field shall revert back to the person you bought it from—to the original owner of the land.

In the year of jubilee the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land belongeth.

25 (All values will use the sanctuary shekel standard of twenty gerahs to the shekel.)

And all thy valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary; twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.

26 No one is allowed to dedicate the firstborn of the livestock, because the firstborn belong to the Lord. Whether they are cattle, sheep, or goats, they are the Lord's.

Howbeit the firstling among beasts, which is born as a firstling to the LORD, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox or sheep, it is the LORD'S.

27 But 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.

And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall ransom it according to thy valuation, and shall add unto it the fifth part thereof; or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy valuation.

28 Anything that you specially dedicate 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 if most holy to the Lord.

Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, that a man may devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, whether of man or beast, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy unto the LORD.

29 No one who is specially dedicated to destruction can be bought back. They must be killed.

None devoted, that may be devoted of men, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.

30 Tithe from your crops or fruit belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord.

And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD'S; it is holy unto the LORD.

31 If you want to buy back some of your tithe, you must add on one fifth to its value.

And if a man will redeem aught of his tithe, he shall add unto it the fifth part thereof.

32 When you count your herds and flocks, every tenth animal that passes under the shepherd's rod is holy to the Lord.

And all the tithe of the herd or the flock, whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.

33 You 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.”

He shall not inquire whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it; and if he change it at all, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.

34 These are the laws the Lord gave to Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.

These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.