27:1 Again, the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
27:2 “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When someone makes an explicit vow, he shall be valued according to your assessment of persons belonging to the LORD.
27:3 If your assessment is of a male from twenty years even to sixty years old, then your assessment shall be fifty shekels of silver, by the shekel of the sanctuary.
27:4 Or if ①the person is a female, then your assessment shall be thirty shekels.
▷ ①Lit she
27:5 And if the person is from five years even to twenty years old, then your assessment for a male shall be twenty shekels, and for a female, ten shekels.
27:6 But if the person is from a month even up to five years old, then your assessment shall be five shekels of silver for a male, and for a female your assessment shall be three shekels of silver.
27:7 If the person is from sixty years old and upward, if a male, then your assessment shall be fifteen shekels, and for a female, ten shekels.
27:8 But if he is poorer than your assessment, then he shall be presented before the priest, and the priest shall assess him; according to ①the means of the one who vowed, the priest shall assess him.
▷ ①Lit what the hand reaches
27:9 ‘Now if it is an animal of the kind that ①one can present as an offering to the LORD, any such animal that one gives to the LORD shall be holy.
▷ ①Lit they
27:10 He shall not replace it nor exchange it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; yet if he does exchange animal for animal, then both it and its substitute shall become holy.
27:11 If, however, it is any unclean animal of the kind which ①one does not present as an offering to the LORD, then he shall place the animal before the priest.
▷ ①Lit they
27:12 And the priest shall assess it ①as either good or bad; as you, the priest, assess it, so shall it be.
▷ ①Lit between
27:13 But if he should ever want to redeem it, then he shall add a fifth of it to your assessment.
27:14 ‘Now if someone consecrates his house as holy to the LORD, then the priest shall assess it ①as either good or bad; as the priest assesses it, so shall it stand.
▷ ①Lit between good
27:15 Yet if the one who consecrates it should want to redeem his house, then he shall add a fifth of your assessment price to it, so that it may be his.
27:16 ‘Again, if someone consecrates to the LORD part of the field of his own property, then your assessment shall be ①proportionate to the seed needed for it: a ②homer of barley seed at fifty shekels of silver.
▷ ①Lit according to its seed ②About 7.7 cubic feet or 0.22 cubic meters
27:17 If he consecrates his field as of the year of jubilee, according to your assessment it shall stand.
27:18 If he consecrates his field after the jubilee, however, then the priest shall calculate the price for ①him ②proportionate to the years that are left until the year of jubilee; and it shall be deducted from your assessment.
▷ ①Or it ②Lit according to the years
27:19 If the one who consecrates it should ever want to redeem the field, then he shall add a fifth of your assessment price to it, so that it may belong to him.
27:20 Yet if he does not redeem the field, ①but has sold the field to another person, it may no longer be redeemed;
▷ ①Or if he
27:21 and when it ①reverts in the jubilee, the field shall be holy to the LORD, like a field banned from secular use; it shall be for the priest as his property.
▷ ①Lit goes out
27:22 Or if he consecrates to the LORD a field which he has bought, which is not a part of the field of his own property,
27:23 then the priest shall calculate for ①him the amount of your assessment up to the year of jubilee; and he shall on that day give your assessment as holy to the LORD.
▷ ①Or it
27:24 In the year of jubilee the field shall return to the one from whom he bought it, to whom the possession of the land belongs.
27:25 Every assessment of yours, moreover, shall be by the shekel of the sanctuary. The shekel shall be twenty gerahs.
27:26 ‘However, a firstborn among animals, which as a firstborn belongs to the LORD, no one may consecrate; whether ox or sheep, it is the LORD’S.
27:27 But if it is among the unclean animals, then he shall ①redeem it according to your assessment and add to it a fifth of it; and if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your assessment.
▷ ①Or ransom
27:28 ‘Nevertheless, ①anything which someone sets apart to the LORD for ②destruction out of all that he has, of man or animal or of the field of his own property, shall not be sold nor redeemed. Anything set apart for destruction is most holy to the LORD.
▷ ①Lit anything banned ②I.e., as an offering
27:29 No ①one who may have been ②set apart among mankind shall be ransomed; he must be put to death.
▷ ①Lit one devoted; or banned ②Lit put under the ban
27:30 ‘Now all the tithe of the land, of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD’S; it is holy to the LORD.
27:31 If, therefore, someone should ever want to redeem part of his tithe, he shall add to it a fifth of it.
27:32 For every tenth part of herd or flock, whatever passes under the rod, the tenth one shall be holy to the LORD.
27:33 He is not to be concerned whether it is good or bad, nor shall he exchange it; yet if he does exchange it, then both it and its substitute shall become holy. It shall not be redeemed.’ ”
27:34 These are the commandments which the LORD commanded Moses for the sons of Israel on Mount Sinai.
27:2 “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When someone makes an explicit vow, he shall be valued according to your assessment of persons belonging to the LORD.
27:3 If your assessment is of a male from twenty years even to sixty years old, then your assessment shall be fifty shekels of silver, by the shekel of the sanctuary.
27:4 Or if ①the person is a female, then your assessment shall be thirty shekels.
▷ ①Lit she
27:5 And if the person is from five years even to twenty years old, then your assessment for a male shall be twenty shekels, and for a female, ten shekels.
27:6 But if the person is from a month even up to five years old, then your assessment shall be five shekels of silver for a male, and for a female your assessment shall be three shekels of silver.
27:7 If the person is from sixty years old and upward, if a male, then your assessment shall be fifteen shekels, and for a female, ten shekels.
27:8 But if he is poorer than your assessment, then he shall be presented before the priest, and the priest shall assess him; according to ①the means of the one who vowed, the priest shall assess him.
▷ ①Lit what the hand reaches
27:9 ‘Now if it is an animal of the kind that ①one can present as an offering to the LORD, any such animal that one gives to the LORD shall be holy.
▷ ①Lit they
27:10 He shall not replace it nor exchange it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; yet if he does exchange animal for animal, then both it and its substitute shall become holy.
27:11 If, however, it is any unclean animal of the kind which ①one does not present as an offering to the LORD, then he shall place the animal before the priest.
▷ ①Lit they
27:12 And the priest shall assess it ①as either good or bad; as you, the priest, assess it, so shall it be.
▷ ①Lit between
27:13 But if he should ever want to redeem it, then he shall add a fifth of it to your assessment.
27:14 ‘Now if someone consecrates his house as holy to the LORD, then the priest shall assess it ①as either good or bad; as the priest assesses it, so shall it stand.
▷ ①Lit between good
27:15 Yet if the one who consecrates it should want to redeem his house, then he shall add a fifth of your assessment price to it, so that it may be his.
27:16 ‘Again, if someone consecrates to the LORD part of the field of his own property, then your assessment shall be ①proportionate to the seed needed for it: a ②homer of barley seed at fifty shekels of silver.
▷ ①Lit according to its seed ②About 7.7 cubic feet or 0.22 cubic meters
27:17 If he consecrates his field as of the year of jubilee, according to your assessment it shall stand.
27:18 If he consecrates his field after the jubilee, however, then the priest shall calculate the price for ①him ②proportionate to the years that are left until the year of jubilee; and it shall be deducted from your assessment.
▷ ①Or it ②Lit according to the years
27:19 If the one who consecrates it should ever want to redeem the field, then he shall add a fifth of your assessment price to it, so that it may belong to him.
27:20 Yet if he does not redeem the field, ①but has sold the field to another person, it may no longer be redeemed;
▷ ①Or if he
27:21 and when it ①reverts in the jubilee, the field shall be holy to the LORD, like a field banned from secular use; it shall be for the priest as his property.
▷ ①Lit goes out
27:22 Or if he consecrates to the LORD a field which he has bought, which is not a part of the field of his own property,
27:23 then the priest shall calculate for ①him the amount of your assessment up to the year of jubilee; and he shall on that day give your assessment as holy to the LORD.
▷ ①Or it
27:24 In the year of jubilee the field shall return to the one from whom he bought it, to whom the possession of the land belongs.
27:25 Every assessment of yours, moreover, shall be by the shekel of the sanctuary. The shekel shall be twenty gerahs.
27:26 ‘However, a firstborn among animals, which as a firstborn belongs to the LORD, no one may consecrate; whether ox or sheep, it is the LORD’S.
27:27 But if it is among the unclean animals, then he shall ①redeem it according to your assessment and add to it a fifth of it; and if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your assessment.
▷ ①Or ransom
27:28 ‘Nevertheless, ①anything which someone sets apart to the LORD for ②destruction out of all that he has, of man or animal or of the field of his own property, shall not be sold nor redeemed. Anything set apart for destruction is most holy to the LORD.
▷ ①Lit anything banned ②I.e., as an offering
27:29 No ①one who may have been ②set apart among mankind shall be ransomed; he must be put to death.
▷ ①Lit one devoted; or banned ②Lit put under the ban
27:30 ‘Now all the tithe of the land, of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD’S; it is holy to the LORD.
27:31 If, therefore, someone should ever want to redeem part of his tithe, he shall add to it a fifth of it.
27:32 For every tenth part of herd or flock, whatever passes under the rod, the tenth one shall be holy to the LORD.
27:33 He is not to be concerned whether it is good or bad, nor shall he exchange it; yet if he does exchange it, then both it and its substitute shall become holy. It shall not be redeemed.’ ”
27:34 These are the commandments which the LORD commanded Moses for the sons of Israel on Mount Sinai.