Leviticus 27:14 - Numbers 1:54

New International Version

¹⁴ “‘If anyone dedicates their house as something holy to the Lord, the priest will judge its quality as good or bad. Whatever value the priest then sets, so it will remain. ¹⁵ If the one who dedicates their house wishes to redeem it,^(A) they must add a fifth to its value, and the house will again become theirs.

¹⁶ “‘If anyone dedicates to the Lord part of their family land, its value is to be set according to the amount of seed required for it—fifty shekels of silver to a homer^[a] of barley seed. ¹⁷ If they dedicate a field during the Year of Jubilee, the value that has been set remains. ¹⁸ But if they dedicate a field after the Jubilee,^(B) the priest will determine the value according to the number of years that remain^(C) until the next Year of Jubilee, and its set value will be reduced. ¹⁹ If the one who dedicates the field wishes to redeem it,^(D) they must add a fifth to its value, and the field will again become theirs. ²⁰ If, however, they do not redeem the field, or if they have sold it to someone else, it can never be redeemed. ²¹ When the field is released in the Jubilee,^(E) it will become holy,^(F) like a field devoted to the Lord;^(G) it will become priestly property.

²² “‘If anyone dedicates to the Lord a field they have bought, which is not part of their family land, ²³ the priest will determine its value up to the Year of Jubilee,^(H) and the owner must pay its value on that day as something holy to the Lord. ²⁴ In the Year of Jubilee the field will revert to the person from whom it was bought,^(I) the one whose land it was. ²⁵ Every value is to be set according to the sanctuary shekel,^(J) twenty gerahs^(K) to the shekel.

²⁶ “‘No one, however, may dedicate the firstborn of an animal, since the firstborn already belongs to the Lord;^(L) whether an ox^[b] or a sheep, it is the Lord’s. ²⁷ If it is one of the unclean animals,^(M) it may be bought back at its set value, adding a fifth of the value to it. If it is not redeemed, it is to be sold at its set value.

²⁸ “‘But nothing that a person owns and devotes^[c](N) to the Lord—whether a human being or an animal or family land—may be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy^(O) to the Lord.

²⁹ “‘No person devoted to destruction^[d] may be ransomed; they are to be put to death.^(P)

³⁰ “‘A tithe^(Q) of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy^(R) to the Lord. ³¹ Whoever would redeem^(S) any of their tithe must add a fifth of the value^(T) to it. ³² Every tithe of the herd and flock—every tenth animal that passes under the shepherd’s rod^(U)—will be holy to the Lord. ³³ No one may pick out the good from the bad or make any substitution.^(V) If anyone does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute become holy and cannot be redeemed.^(W)’”

³⁴ These are the commands the Lord gave Moses at Mount Sinai^(X) for the Israelites.^(Y)

The Census

1 The Lord spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting^(Z) in the Desert of Sinai^(AA) on the first day of the second month^(AB) of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt.^(AC) He said: ² “Take a census^(AD) of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families,^(AE) listing every man by name,^(AF) one by one. ³ You and Aaron^(AG) are to count according to their divisions all the men in Israel who are twenty years old or more^(AH) and able to serve in the army.^{(AI) 4} One man from each tribe,^(AJ) each of them the head of his family,^(AK) is to help you.^{(AL) 5} These are the names^(AM) of the men who are to assist you:

¹⁶ These were the men appointed from the community, the leaders^(BL) of their ancestral tribes.^(BM) They were the heads of the clans of Israel.^(BN)

¹⁷ Moses and Aaron took these men whose names had been specified, ¹⁸ and they called the whole community together on the first day of the second month.^(BO) The people registered their ancestry^(BP) by their clans and families,^(BQ) and the men twenty years old or more^(BR) were listed by name, one by one, ¹⁹ as the Lord commanded Moses. And so he counted^(BS) them in the Desert of Sinai:

⁴⁴ These were the men counted by Moses and Aaron^(CU) and the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family. ⁴⁵ All the Israelites twenty years old or more^(CV) who were able to serve in Israel’s army were counted according to their families.^{(CW) 46} The total number was 603,550.^(CX)

⁴⁷ The ancestral tribe of the Levites,^(CY) however, was not counted^(CZ) along with the others. ⁴⁸ The Lord had said to Moses: ⁴⁹ “You must not count the tribe of Levi or include them in the census of the other Israelites. ⁵⁰ Instead, appoint the Levites to be in charge of the tabernacle^(DA) of the covenant law^(DB)—over all its furnishings^(DC) and everything belonging to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they are to take care of it and encamp around it. ⁵¹ Whenever the tabernacle^(DD) is to move,^(DE) the Levites are to take it down, and whenever the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall do it.^(DF) Anyone else who approaches it is to be put to death.^{(DG) 52} The Israelites are to set up their tents by divisions, each of them in their own camp under their standard.^{(DH) 53} The Levites, however, are to set up their tents around the tabernacle^(DI) of the covenant law so that my wrath will not fall^(DJ) on the Israelite community. The Levites are to be responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the covenant law.^(DK)”

⁵⁴ The Israelites did all this just as the Lord commanded Moses.