Leviticus 27
1AGAIN the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Whoever shalt vow a vow as the price of his life to the Lord, the price shall be—of a male from twenty to sixty years of age,
3the price shall be fifty didrachms of silver, sanctuary weight;
4and of a female, the valuation shall be thirty didrachms.
5And if it be of one from five to twenty years of age, the price of a male shall be twenty didrachms, and of a female ten didrachms.
6And if it be of one from a month to five years old, the price of a male shall be five didrachms, and of a female three didrachms of silver.
7And if it be of one from sixty years old and upwards; if a male the price shall be fifteen didrachms of silver, and if a female, ten didrachms.
8And if any be too poor for this valuation, he shall present himself before the priest and the priest shall set a value on him—according to the ability of him who made the vow, the priest shall value him.
9But if the gift to the Lord be from the cattle which may be offered, whoever shall give any of these to the Lord, it shall be sacred.
10He shall not change it, a good for a bad; nor a bad for a good: and if he actually change this beast for another, both it and that given in exchange shall be sacred.
11But if it be any kind of unclean beast of which a gift cannot be made to the Lord, he shall present the beast before the priest;
12and the priest shall value it at a medium between a good and a bad one; and according as the priest shall value it, so it shall stand;
13and if the person choose to redeem it, he shall add a fifth to the valuation.
14And if a man make a dedication of his house to the Lord, the priest shall value it at a medium between a good and a bad house. And according as the priest shall value it so it shall stand;
15and if he who dedicated it choose to redeem it, he shall add thereto a fifth of the money at which it was rated, and it shall be his.
16And if it be a part of the land of his possession, which a man shall dedicate to the Lord, the valuation shall be according to the seed thereof, fifty didrachms of silver for a cor of barley.
17If he dedicate it at the jubilee; at this valuation it shall stand.
18But if he dedicate his field after the jubilee; the priest shall compute for him the money on the years which remain to the jubilee, and make a deduction from the full valuation of it.
19And if the man who made the dedication choose to redeem the field, he shall add one fifth of the money to the valuation of it, and it shall be his.
20But if he decline to redeem the field, and selleth the field to another man, he shall never afterwards redeem it;
21but at the going out of the jubilee the field shall be consecrated to the Lord, and he shall have possession of it as land set apart for the pirest.
22And if a man make a dedication to the Lord of a field which he hath purchased, and which is not a part of his inheritance,
23though the priest settle with him the amount of the price from the year of the jubilee, and he pay the price at which it was rated on the day he made the dedication to the Lord;
24yet in the year of the jubilee the field shall be restored to the man of whom he purchased it, and whose field of possession it was.
25Now every valuation shall be by holy weight, twenty oboli making a didrachm.
26And with regard to every firstling, if it be among the cattle, it shall be for the Lord, and none shall dedicate it. Whether it be of the herds or flocks it is the Lord’s.
27And if it be of the four footed beasts which are unclean, he must redeem it according to the valuation, and add thereto a fifth, and it shall be his. And if he will not redeem it, it shall be sold for its value.
28But with respect to every dedication which a man may devote to the Lord from all that he hath, whether from man or beast, or from field of his possession, it shall not be sold nor redeemed. Every dedication shall be most sacredly devoted to the Lord.
29And every thing which hath been devoted as a dedication from among men, shall not be redeemable, but by death.
30The whole tenth of the land, both of the produce of the land, and of the fruit of the trees, is for the Lord. It is dedicated to the Lord.
31And if any man choose to redeem his tenth by purchase, he shall add to the valuation a fifth, and it shall be his.
32Now the whole tenth of herds and flocks—even every one which in numbering shall come under the rod, that tenth shall be dedicated to the Lord.
33Thou shalt not change a good for a bad, nor a bad for a good; and if thou shalt actually make an exchange, that given in exchange shall also be consecrated, and shall not be redeemed.
34These are the commands which the Lord gave in charge to Moses for the children of Israel at mount Sina.