Leviticus 27:7-9

New International Reader's Version

⁷The cost for a male who is sixty years old or more is 6 ounces of silver. The cost for a female of the same age is 4 ounces of silver. ⁸But suppose the one who makes the special promise is too poor to pay the required amount. Then they must bring to the priest the person who will be set free. The priest will decide the right value for that person. It will be based on how much the one who makes the promise can afford.

⁹“ ‘Suppose what they promised is an animal that the Lord will accept as an offering. Then the animal given to the Lord becomes holy.

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Leviticus 27:7-9

New International Version

⁷for a person sixty years old or more, set the value of a male at fifteen shekels^[a] and of a female at ten shekels. ⁸If anyone making the vow is too poor to pay^(A) the specified amount, the person being dedicated is to be presented to the priest, who will set the value^(B) 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,^(C) such an animal given to the Lord becomes holy.^(D)

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