Levitico 27
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
APPENDICE TARIFFE E VALUTAZIONI
A. Persone
27 Il Signore disse ancora a Mosè: 2 «Parla agli Israeliti e riferisci loro: Quando uno deve soddisfare un voto, per la stima che dovrai fare delle persone votate al Signore, 3 la tua stima sarà: per un maschio dai venti ai sessant'anni, cinquanta sicli d'argento, secondo il siclo del santuario; 4 invece per una donna, la tua stima sarà di trenta sicli. 5 Dai cinque ai venti anni, la tua stima sarà di venti sicli per un maschio e di dieci sicli per una femmina. 6 Da un mese a cinque anni, la tua stima sarà di cinque sicli d'argento per un maschio e di tre sicli d'argento per una femmina. 7 Dai sessant'anni in su, la tua stima sarà di quindici sicli per un maschio e di dieci sicli per una femmina. 8 Se colui che ha fatto il voto è troppo povero per pagare la somma fissata da te, sarà presentato al sacerdote e il sacerdote ne farà la stima. Il sacerdote farà la stima in proporzione dei mezzi di colui che ha fatto il voto.
B. Animali
9 Se si tratta di animali che possono essere presentati in offerta al Signore, ogni animale ceduto al Signore sarà cosa santa. 10 Non lo si potrà commutare; né si potrà sostituire uno buono con uno cattivo né uno cattivo con uno buono; se anche uno vuole sostituire un animale all'altro, i due animali saranno cosa sacra. 11 Se invece si tratta di qualunque animale immondo di cui non si può fare offerta al Signore, l'animale sarà presentato davanti al sacerdote; 12 egli ne farà la stima, secondo che l'animale sarà buono o cattivo e si starà alla stima stabilita dal sacerdote. 13 Ma se uno lo vuole riscattare, aggiungerà un quinto alla stima.
C. Case
14 Se uno consacra la sua casa come cosa sacra al Signore, il sacerdote ne farà la stima secondo che essa sarà buona o cattiva; si starà alla stima stabilita dal sacerdote. 15 Se colui che ha consacrato la sua casa la vuole riscattare, aggiungerà un quinto al pezzo della stima e sarà sua.
D. Campi
16 Se uno consacra al Signore un pezzo di terra di sua proprietà ereditaria, ne farai la stima in ragione della semente: cinquanta sicli d'argento per un homer di seme d'orzo. 17 Se consacra la sua terra dall'anno del giubileo, il prezzo resterà intero secondo la stima; 18 ma se la consacra dopo il giubileo, il sacerdote ne valuterà il prezzo in ragione degli anni che rimangono fino al giubileo e si farà una detrazione dalla stima. 19 Se colui che ha consacrato il pezzo di terra lo vuole riscattare, aggiungerà un quinto al prezzo della stima e resterà suo. 20 Se non riscatta il pezzo di terra e lo vende ad un altro, non lo si potrà più riscattare; 21 ma quel pezzo di terra, quando al giubileo il compratore ne uscirà, sarà sacro al Signore, come un campo votato allo sterminio, e diventerà proprietà del sacerdote. 22 Se uno consacra al Signore un pezzo di terra comprato, che non fa parte della sua proprietà ereditaria, 23 il sacerdote valuterà la misura del prezzo fino all'anno del giubileo; quel tale pagherà il giorno stesso il prezzo fissato, come cosa consacrata al Signore. 24 Nell'anno del giubileo la terra tornerà a colui da cui fu comprata e del cui patrimonio faceva parte.
25 Tutte le tue stime si faranno in sicli del santuario; il siclo è di venti ghera.
a) primogeniti
26 Tuttavia nessuno potrà consacrare i primogeniti del bestiame, i quali appartengono gia al Signore, perché primogeniti: sia esso di grosso bestiame o di bestiame minuto, appartiene al Signore. 27 Se si tratta di un animale immondo, lo si riscatterà al prezzo di stima, aggiungendovi un quinto; se non è riscattato, sarà venduto al prezzo di stima.
b) voto di sterminio
28 Nondimeno quanto uno avrà consacrato al Signore con voto di sterminio, fra le cose che gli appartengono: persona, animale o pezzo di terra del suo patrimonio, non potrà essere né venduto né riscattato; ogni cosa votata allo sterminio è cosa santissima, riservata al Signore. 29 Nessuna persona votata allo sterminio potrà essere riscattata; dovrà essere messa a morte.
c) decime
30 Ogni decima della terra, cioè delle granaglie del suolo, dei frutti degli alberi, appartiene al Signore; è cosa consacrata al Signore. 31 Se uno vuole riscattare una parte della sua decima, vi aggiungerà il quinto. 32 Ogni decima del bestiame grosso o minuto, e cioè il decimo capo di quanto passa sotto la verga del pastore, sarà consacrata al Signore. 33 Non si farà cernita fra animale buono e cattivo, né si faranno sostituzioni; né si sostituisce un animale all'altro, tutti e due saranno cosa sacra; non si potranno riscattare».
34 Questi sono i comandi che il Signore diede a Mosè per gli Israeliti, sul monte Sinai.
Leviticus 27
Living Bible
27 1-2 The Lord said to Moses, “Tell the people of Israel that when a person makes a special vow to give himself to the Lord, he shall give these payments instead: 3 A man from the age of twenty to sixty shall pay twenty-five dollars;[a] 4 a woman from the age of twenty to sixty shall pay fifteen dollars; 5 a boy from five to twenty shall pay ten dollars; a girl, five dollars. 6 A boy one month to five years old shall have paid for him two and a half dollars; a girl, one and a half dollars. 7 A man over sixty shall pay seven and a half dollars; a woman, five dollars. 8 But if the person is too poor to pay this amount, he shall be brought to the priest, and the priest shall talk it over with him, and he shall pay as the priest shall decide.
9 “But if it is an animal that is vowed to be given to the Lord as a sacrifice, it must be given. 10 The vow may not be changed; the donor may neither change his mind about giving it to the Lord, nor substitute good for bad or bad for good; if he does, both the first and the second shall belong to the Lord! 11-12 But if the animal given to the Lord is not a kind that is permitted as a sacrifice, the owner shall bring it to the priest to value it, and he shall be told how much to pay instead. 13 If the animal is a kind that may be offered as a sacrifice,[b] but the man wants to redeem it, then he shall pay 20 percent more than the value set by the priest.
14-15 “If someone donates his home to the Lord and then wishes to redeem it, the priest will decide its value, and the man shall pay that amount plus 20 percent, and the house will be his again.
16 “If a man dedicates any part of his field to the Lord, value it in proportion to its size, as indicated by the amount of seed required to sow it. A section of land that requires ten bushels of barley seed for sowing is valued at twenty-five dollars. 17 If a man dedicates his field in the Year of Jubilee, then the whole estimate shall stand; 18 but if it is after the Year of Jubilee, then the value shall be in proportion to the number of years remaining until the next Year of Jubilee. 19 If the man decides to redeem the field, he shall pay 20 percent in addition to the priest’s valuation, and the field will be his again. 20 But if he decides not to redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to someone else and has given to the Lord his rights to it at the Year of Jubilee,[c] it shall not be returned to him again. 21 When it is freed in the Year of Jubilee, it shall belong to the Lord as a field devoted to him, and it shall be given to the priests.
22 “If a man dedicates to the Lord a field he has bought, but which is not part of his family possession, 23 the priest shall estimate the value until the Year of Jubilee, and he shall immediately give that estimated value to the Lord, 24 and in the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to the original owner from whom it was bought. 25 All the valuations shall be stated in standard money.[d]
26 “You may not dedicate to the Lord the firstborn of any ox or sheep, for it is already his. 27 But if it is the firstborn of an animal that cannot be sacrificed because it is not on the list of those acceptable to the Lord, then the owner shall pay the priest’s estimate of its worth, plus 20 percent; or if the owner does not redeem it, the priest may sell it to someone else. 28 However, anything utterly devoted to the Lord—people, animals, or inherited fields—shall not be sold or redeemed, for they are most holy to the Lord. 29 No one sentenced by the courts to die may pay a fine instead; he shall surely be put to death.[e]
30 “A tenth of the produce of the land, whether grain or fruit, is the Lord’s, and is holy. 31 If anyone wants to buy back this fruit or grain, he must add a fifth to its value. 32 And the Lord owns every tenth animal of your herds and flocks and other domestic animals, as they pass by for counting. 33 The tenth given to the Lord shall not be selected on the basis of whether it is good or bad, and there shall be no substitutions; for if there is any change made, then both the original and the substitution shall belong to the Lord, and may not be bought back!”
34 These are the commandments the Lord gave to Moses for the people of Israel on Mount Sinai.
Footnotes
- Leviticus 27:3 shall pay twenty-five dollars. Note: The actual value by today’s standards is uncertain. The above figures are approximate.
- Leviticus 27:13 If the animal is a kind that may be offered as a sacrifice, implied.
- Leviticus 27:20 and has given to the Lord his rights to it at the Year of Jubilee, implied.
- Leviticus 27:25 All the valuations shall be stated in standard money, literally, “All your estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.”
- Leviticus 27:29 No one sentenced by the courts to die may pay a fine instead; he shall surely be put to death, literally, “No one who is under the ban of God to be put to death may be ransomed.”
Leviticus 27
New International Version
Redeeming What Is the Lord’s
27 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If anyone makes a special vow(A) to dedicate a person to the Lord by giving the equivalent value, 3 set the value of a male between the ages of twenty and sixty at fifty shekels[a] of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel[b];(B) 4 for a female, set her value at thirty shekels[c]; 5 for a person between the ages of five and twenty, set the value of a male at twenty shekels[d](C) and of a female at ten shekels[e]; 6 for a person between one month and five years, set the value of a male at five shekels[f](D) of silver and that of a female at three shekels[g] of silver; 7 for a person sixty years old or more, set the value of a male at fifteen shekels[h] and of a female at ten shekels. 8 If anyone making the vow is too poor to pay(E) the specified amount, the person being dedicated is to be presented to the priest, who will set the value(F) according to what the one making the vow can afford.
9 “‘If what they vowed is an animal that is acceptable as an offering to the Lord,(G) such an animal given to the Lord becomes holy.(H) 10 They must not exchange it or substitute a good one for a bad one, or a bad one for a good one;(I) if they should substitute one animal for another, both it and the substitute become holy. 11 If what they vowed is a ceremonially unclean animal(J)—one that is not acceptable as an offering to the Lord—the animal must be presented to the priest, 12 who will judge its quality as good or bad. Whatever value the priest then sets, that is what it will be. 13 If the owner wishes to redeem(K) the animal, a fifth must be added to its value.(L)
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,(M) 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[i] 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,(N) the priest will determine the value according to the number of years that remain(O) 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,(P) 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,(Q) it will become holy,(R) like a field devoted to the Lord;(S) 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,(T) 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,(U) the one whose land it was. 25 Every value is to be set according to the sanctuary shekel,(V) twenty gerahs(W) to the shekel.
26 “‘No one, however, may dedicate the firstborn of an animal, since the firstborn already belongs to the Lord;(X) whether an ox[j] or a sheep, it is the Lord’s. 27 If it is one of the unclean animals,(Y) 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[k](Z) to the Lord—whether a human being or an animal or family land—may be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy(AA) to the Lord.
29 “‘No person devoted to destruction[l] may be ransomed; they are to be put to death.(AB)
30 “‘A tithe(AC) of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy(AD) to the Lord. 31 Whoever would redeem(AE) any of their tithe must add a fifth of the value(AF) to it. 32 Every tithe of the herd and flock—every tenth animal that passes under the shepherd’s rod(AG)—will be holy to the Lord. 33 No one may pick out the good from the bad or make any substitution.(AH) If anyone does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute become holy and cannot be redeemed.(AI)’”
34 These are the commands the Lord gave Moses at Mount Sinai(AJ) for the Israelites.(AK)
Footnotes
- Leviticus 27:3 That is, about 1 1/4 pounds or about 575 grams; also in verse 16
- Leviticus 27:3 That is, about 2/5 ounce or about 12 grams; also in verse 25
- Leviticus 27:4 That is, about 12 ounces or about 345 grams
- Leviticus 27:5 That is, about 8 ounces or about 230 grams
- Leviticus 27:5 That is, about 4 ounces or about 115 grams; also in verse 7
- Leviticus 27:6 That is, about 2 ounces or about 58 grams
- Leviticus 27:6 That is, about 1 1/4 ounces or about 35 grams
- Leviticus 27:7 That is, about 6 ounces or about 175 grams
- Leviticus 27:16 That is, probably about 300 pounds or about 135 kilograms
- Leviticus 27:26 The Hebrew word can refer to either male or female.
- Leviticus 27:28 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord.
- Leviticus 27:29 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
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