Leviticus 27

Modern

Literal

Rules about Valuations

¹Then the LORD said to Moses,

¹And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

²“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘When someone makes a special vow to the LORD involving the value of persons,

²“Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, ‘When a man makes a wonderful vow, in your valuation of his soul to YHWH,

³if the valuation concerns a male from twenty to sixty years of age, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver,^a according to the sanctuary shekel.^b

³your valuation, if it is a male from a son of twenty years and up to sixty years old, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.

⁴Or if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.^a

⁴And if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels;

⁵And if the person is from five to twenty years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be twenty shekels,^a and for the female ten shekels.^b

⁵and if from a son of five years and up to twenty years old, then your valuation shall be for the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels;

⁶Now if the person is from one month to five years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be five shekels of silver,^a and for the female three shekels of silver.^b

⁶and if from a son of a month and up to five years old, then your valuation shall be for the male five shekels of silver, and for the female your valuation is three shekels of silver;

⁷And if the person is sixty years of age or older, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels^a for the male and ten shekels for the female.

⁷and if from a son of sixty years and above, if it is a male, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

⁸But if the one making the vow is too poor to pay the valuation, he is to present the person^a before the priest, who shall set the value according to what the one making the vow can afford.

⁸And if he is poorer than your valuation, then he shall present him before the face of the priest, and the priest shall value him according to mouth, after the reach of the hand who vowed, the priest shall value him.

⁹If he vows an animal that may be brought as an offering to the LORD, any such animal given to the LORD shall be holy.

⁹And if it is an animal that men may bring as an offering to YHWH, all that he gives of such to YHWH shall be holy.

¹⁰He must not replace it or exchange it, either good for bad or bad for good. But if he does substitute one animal for another, both that animal and its substitute will be holy.

¹⁰He shall not substitute it or exchange it, good for bad or bad for good. And if he actually substitutes animal for animal, then it shall be that it and the one exchanged for it shall be holy.

¹¹But if the vow involves any of the unclean animals that may not be brought as an offering to the LORD, the animal must be presented before the priest.

¹¹And if it is any unclean animal, which they do not offer as a sacrifice to YHWH, then he shall present the animal before the face of the priest.

¹²The priest shall set its value, whether high or low; as the priest values it, the price will be set.

¹²And the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad; as you value it, so the priest shall set it.

¹³If, however, the owner decides to redeem the animal, he must add a fifth to its value.

¹³But if he really redeems it, then he must add a fifth to your valuation.

¹⁴Now if a man consecrates his house as holy to the LORD, then the priest shall value it either as good or bad. The price will stand just as the priest values it.

¹⁴And when a man dedicates his house to be holy to YHWH, then the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad. As the priest values it, so shall it stand.

¹⁵But if he who consecrated his house redeems it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value, and it will belong to him.

¹⁵And if he who dedicated it would redeem his house, then he must add a fifth of the silver of your valuation to it, and it shall be his.

¹⁶If a man consecrates to the LORD a parcel of his land, then your valuation shall be proportional to the seed required for it—fifty shekels of silver for every homer of barley seed.^a

¹⁶And if a man dedicates to YHWH part of a field of his possession, then your valuation shall be according to the seed for it—a homer of barley seed at fifty shekels of silver.

¹⁷If he consecrates his field during the Year of Jubilee, the price will stand according to your valuation.

¹⁷If he dedicates his field in the Year of Jubilee, according to your valuation it shall stand.

¹⁸But if he consecrates his field after the Jubilee, the priest is to calculate the price in proportion to the years left until the next Year of Jubilee, so that your valuation will be reduced.

¹⁸But if he dedicates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall reckon due to him the silver according to the years that remain until the Year of the Jubilee, and it shall be deducted from your valuation.

¹⁹And if the one who consecrated the field decides to redeem it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value, and it shall belong to him.

¹⁹And if he who dedicates it really redeems the field, he must add a fifth of the silver of your valuation to it, and it shall belong to him.

²⁰If, however, he does not redeem the field, or if he has sold it to another man, it may no longer be redeemed.

²⁰But if he does not want to redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed anymore.

²¹When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the LORD; it becomes the property of the priests.

²¹And the field, when it is released in the Jubilee, shall be holy. As a field devoted to YHWH, it shall be the possession of the priest.

²²Now if a man consecrates to the LORD a field he has purchased, which is not a part of his own property,

²²And if one dedicates to YHWH a field which he has bought, which is not a field of his possession,

²³then the priest shall calculate for him the value up to the Year of Jubilee, and the man shall pay the assessed value on that day as a sacred offering to the LORD.

²³then the priest shall reckon to him the worth of your valuation up to the Year of the Jubilee, and he shall give your valuation on that day as a holy thing to YHWH.

²⁴In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to the one from whom it was bought—the original owner of the land.

²⁴In the Year of the Jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, to whom is the possession of the land.

²⁵Every valuation will be according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.^a

²⁵And all your valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary; twenty gerahs shall be to the shekel.

²⁶But no one may consecrate a firstborn of the livestock, because a firstborn belongs to the LORD. Whether it is an ox or a sheep, it is the LORD’s.

²⁶But the firstborn that is to YHWH firstborn of the animals, no man shall dedicate, whether it is an ox or a sheep; it belongs to YHWH.

²⁷But if it is among the unclean animals, then he may redeem it according to your valuation and add a fifth of its value. If it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.

²⁷And if an animal is unclean, then he shall redeem it according to your valuation and shall add a fifth to it. Or if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.

²⁸Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD^a from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.

²⁸Nevertheless any devoted thing that a man may devote to YHWH of all that is unto him, man and beast, or the field of his possession, shall not be sold and it shall not be redeemed. Every devoted thing is holy of holies to YHWH.

²⁹No person set apart for destruction may be ransomed; he must surely be put to death.

²⁹Any devoted thing that is devoted to destruction among men shall not be redeemed; it must surely be put to death.

Instruction on Tithes

³⁰Thus any tithe from the land, whether from the seed of the land or the fruit of the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD.

³⁰And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is to YHWH; it is holy to YHWH.

³¹If a man wishes to redeem part of his tithe, he must add a fifth to its value.

³¹And if a man really redeems of his tithes, he shall add a fifth to it.

³²Every tenth animal from the herd or flock that passes under the shepherd’s rod will be holy to the LORD.

³²And concerning the tithe of the herd or the flock, the tenth of whatever passes under the rod shall be holy to YHWH.

³³He must not inspect whether it is good or bad, and he shall not make any substitution. But if he does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute shall become holy; they cannot be redeemed.’”

³³He shall not inquire whether it is good or bad, nor shall he exchange it. And if he actually substitutes, then it shall be that it and the one exchanged for it shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.’”

³⁴These are the commandments that the LORD gave to Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.

³⁴These are the commandments that YHWH commanded Moses for the sons of Israel on Mount Sinai.