Leviticus 27

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord said to Moses,

2 Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, Whosoever shall vow a vow as the valuation of his soul for the Lord,

Say to the children of Israel, If a man makes a special oath, you will give your decision as to the value of the persons for the Lord.

3 the valuation of a male from twenty years old to sixty years old shall be his valuation shall be fifty didrachmas of silver by the standard of the sanctuary.

And you will put the value of a male from twenty years to sixty years old at fifty shekels of silver, by the scale of the holy place.

4 And the valuation of a female shall be thirty didrachmas.

And if it is a female, the value will be thirty shekels.

5 And if it be from five years old to twenty, the valuation of a male shall be twenty didrachmas, and of a female ten didrachmas.

And if the person is from five to twenty years old, the value will be twenty shekels for a male, and ten for a female.

6 And from a month old to five years old, the valuation of a male shall be five didrachmas, and of a female, three didrachmas of silver.

And if the person is from one month to five years old, then the value for a male will be five shekels of silver, and for a female three shekels.

7 And if from sixty year [old] and upward, if it be a male, his valuation shall be fifteen didrachmas of silver, and if a female, ten didrachmas.

And for sixty years old and over, for a male the value will be fifteen shekels, and for a female, ten.

8 And if the man be too poor for the valuation, he shall stand before the priest; and the priest shall value him: according to what the man who has vowed can afford, the priest shall value him.

But if he is poorer than the value which you have put on him, then let him be taken to the priest, and the priest will put a value on him, such as it is possible for him to give.

9 And if it be from the cattle that are offered as a gift to the Lord, whoever shall offer one of these to the Lord, it shall be holy.

And if it is a beast of which men make offerings to the Lord, whatever any man gives of such to the Lord will be holy.

10 He shall not change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; and if he do at all change it, a beast for a beast, it and the substitute shall be holy.

It may not be changed in any way, a good given for a bad, or a bad for a good; if one beast is changed for another, the two will be holy.

11 And if it be any unclean beast, of which none are offered as a gift to the Lord, he shall set the beast before the priest.

And if it is any unclean beast, of which offerings are not made to the Lord, then let him take the beast before the priest;

12 And the priest shall make a valuation between the good and the bad, and accordingly as the priest shall value it, so shall it stand.

And let the priest put a value on it, if it is good or bad; whatever value the priest puts on it, so will it be.

13 And if [the worshipper] will at all redeem it, he shall add the fifth part to its value.

But if he has a desire to get it back for himself, let him give a fifth more than your value.

14 And whatever man shall consecrate his house as holy to the Lord, the priest shall make a valuation of it between the good and the bad: as the priest shall value it, so shall it stand.

And if a man has given his house as holy to the Lord, then the priest will put a value on it, if it is good or bad; as the priest gives decision so will the value be fixed.

15 And if he that has sanctified it should redeem his house, he shall add to it the fifth part of the money of the valuation, and it shall be his.

And if the owner has a desire to get back his house, let him give a fifth more than your value, and it will be his.

16 And if a man should hallow to the Lord a part of the field of his possession, then the valuation shall be according to its seed, fifty didrachmas of silver for a homer of barley.

And if a man gives to the Lord part of the field which is his property, then let your value be in relation to the seed which is planted in it; a measure of barley grain will be valued at fifty shekels of silver.

17 And if he should sanctify his field from the year of release, it shall stand according to his valuation.

If he gives his field from the year of Jubilee, the value will be fixed by your decision.

18 And if he should sanctify his field in the latter time after the release, the priest shall reckon to him the money for the remaining years, until the [next] year of release, and it shall be deducted as an equivalent from his full valuation.

But if he gives his field after the year of Jubilee, the amount of the money will be worked out by the priest in relation to the number of years till the coming year of Jubilee, and the necessary amount will be taken off your value.

19 And if he that sanctified the field would redeem it, he shall add to its value the fifth part of the money, and it shall be his.

And if the man who has given the field has a desire to get it back, let him give a fifth more than the price at which it was valued and it will be his.

20 And if he do not redeem the field, but should sell the field to another man, he shall not after redeem it.

But if he has no desire to get it back, or if he has given it for a price to another man, it may not be got back again.

21 But the field shall be holy to the Lord after the release, as separated land; the priest shall have possession of it.

But the field, when it becomes free at the year of Jubilee, will be holy to the Lord, as a field given under oath: it will be the property of the priest.

22 And if he should consecrate to the Lord of a field which he has bought, which is not of the field of his possession,

And if a man gives to the Lord a field which he has got for money from another, which is not part of his heritage;

23 the priest shall reckon to him the full valuation from the year of release, and he shall pay the valuation in that day [as] holy to the Lord.

Then the value fixed by you up to the year of Jubilee will be worked out for him by the priest, and in that day he will give the amount of your value as holy to the Lord.

24 And in the year of release the land shall be restored to the man of whom the other bought it, whose the possession of the land was.

In the year of Jubilee the field will go back to him from whom he got it, that is, to him whose heritage it was.

25 And every valuation shall be by holy weights: the didrachm shall be twenty oboli.

And let all your values be based on the shekel of the holy place, that is, twenty gerahs to the shekel.

26 And every firstborn which shall be produced among your cattle shall be the Lord's, and no man shall sanctify it: whether calf or sheep, it is the Lord's.

But a man may not give by oath to the Lord the first-fruits of cattle which are offered to the Lord: if it is an ox or a sheep it is the Lord's.

27 But if he should redeem an unclean beast, according to its valuation, then he shall add the fifth part to it, and it shall be his; and if he redeem it not, it shall be sold according to its valuation.

And if it is an unclean beast, then the owner of it may give money to get it back, in agreement with the value fixed by you, by giving a fifth more; or if it is not taken back, let it be given for money in agreement with your valuing.

28 And every dedicated thing which a man shall dedicate to the Lord of all that he has, whether man or beast, or of the field of his possession, he shall not sell it, nor redeem it: every devoted thing shall be most holy to the Lord.

But nothing which a man has given completely to the Lord, out of all his property, of man or beast, or of the land which is his heritage, may be given away or got back in exchange for money; anything completely given is most holy to the Lord.

29 And whatever shall be dedicated of men, shall not be ransomed, but shall be surely put to death.

Any man given completely to the Lord may not be got back: he is certainly to be put to death.

30 Every tithe of the land, both of the seed of the land, and of the fruit of trees, is the Lord's, holy to the Lord.

And every tenth part of the land, of the seed planted, or of the fruit of trees, is holy to the Lord.

31 And if a man should at all redeem his tithe, he shall add the fifth part to it, and it shall be his.

And if a man has a desire to get back any of the tenth part which he has given, let him give a fifth more.

32 And every tithe of oxen, and of sheep, and whatever may come in numbering under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to the Lord.

And a tenth part of the herd and of the flock, whatever goes under the rod of the valuer, will be holy to the Lord.

33 You shall not change a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; and if you should at all change it, its equivalent also shall be holy, it shall not be redeemed.

He may not make search to see if it is good or bad, or make any changes in it; and if he makes exchange of it for another, the two will be holy; he will not get them back again.

34 These are the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses for the sons of Israel in mount Sina.

These are the orders which the Lord gave to Moses for the children of Israel in Mount Sinai.