Leviticus 27

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

The Lord told Moses,

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons [shall be] for the LORD by thy estimation.

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

3 And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

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

4 And if it [be] a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.

The value of a woman is thirty shekels.

5 And if [it be] from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

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

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

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.

7 And if [it be] from sixty years old and above; if [it be] a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

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

8 But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him.

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.

9 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.

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.

10 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 it and the exchange thereof shall be holy.

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.

11 And if [it be] any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice unto the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the priest:

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.

12 And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, [who art] the priest, so shall it be.

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

13 But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth [part] thereof unto thy estimation.

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

14 And when a man shall sanctify his house [to be] holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.

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.

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

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.

16 And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD [some part] of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed [shall be valued] at fifty shekels of silver.

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.

17 If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy estimation it shall stand.

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

18 But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thy estimation.

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.

19 And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth [part] of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him.

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.

20 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.

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.

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

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.

22 And if [a man] sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought, which [is] not of the fields of his possession;

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

23 Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, [even] unto the year of the jubile: and he shall give thine estimation in that day, [as] a holy thing unto the LORD.

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.

24 In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, [even] to him to whom the possession of the land [did belong].

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

25 And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.

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

26 Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD’s firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether [it be] ox, or sheep: it [is] the LORD’s.

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.

27 And if [it be] of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem [it] according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth [part] of it thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.

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.

28 Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, [both] of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing [is] most holy unto the LORD.

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.

29 None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; [but] shall surely be put to death.

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

30 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.

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

31 And if a man will at all redeem [ought] of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth [part] thereof.

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

32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, [even] of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.

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

33 He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.

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.”

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

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