¹⁶ “If someone dedicates to the Lord a piece of his family property, its value will be assessed according to the amount of seed required to plant it—fifty shekels of silver for a field planted with five bushels of barley seed.^[a]

⁴ The property was yours to sell or not sell, as you wished. And after selling it, the money was also yours to give away. How could you do a thing like this? You weren’t lying to us but to God!”

³⁴ There were no needy people among them, because those who owned land or houses would sell them ³⁵ and bring the money to the apostles to give to those in need.

³⁶ For instance, there was Joseph, the one the apostles nicknamed Barnabas (which means “Son of Encouragement”). He was from the tribe of Levi and came from the island of Cyprus. ³⁷ He sold a field he owned and brought the money to the apostles.

² So I bought her back for fifteen pieces of silver^[a] and five bushels of barley and a measure of wine.^[b]

¹¹ The homer^[a] will be your standard unit for measuring volume. The ephah and the bath^[b] will each measure one-tenth of a homer. ¹² The standard unit for weight will be the silver shekel.^[c] One shekel will consist of twenty gerahs, and sixty shekels will be equal to one mina.^[d]

Special Offerings and Celebrations

¹³ “You must give this tax to the prince: one bushel of wheat or barley for every 60^[e] you harvest, ¹⁴ one percent of your olive oil,^[f]