Leviticus 27
Christian Standard Bible
Funding the Sanctuary
27 The Lord spoke to Moses: 2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When someone makes a special vow(A) to the Lord that involves the assessment of people, 3 if the assessment concerns a male from twenty to sixty years old, your assessment is fifty silver shekels(B) measured by the standard sanctuary shekel.(C) 4 If the person is a female, your assessment is thirty shekels.(D) 5 If the person is from five to twenty years old, your assessment for a male is twenty shekels(E) and for a female ten shekels. 6 If the person is from one month to five years old, your assessment for a male is five silver shekels,(F) and for a female your assessment is three shekels of silver. 7 If the person is sixty years or more, your assessment is fifteen shekels for a male and ten shekels for a female. 8 But if one is too poor to pay the assessment, he is to present the person before the priest and the priest will set a value for him. The priest will set a value for him according to what the one making the vow can afford.
9 “If the vow involves one of the animals that may be brought as an offering to the Lord, any of these he gives to the Lord will be holy. 10 He may not replace it or make a substitution for it, either good for bad, or bad for good.(G) But if he does substitute one animal for another, both that animal and its substitute will be holy.
11 “If the vow involves any of the unclean animals that may not be brought as an offering to the Lord, the animal must be presented before the priest. 12 The priest will set its value, whether high or low; the price will be set as the priest makes the assessment for you. 13 If the one who brought it decides to redeem it, he must add a fifth to the[a] assessed value.(H)
14 “When a man consecrates his house as holy to the Lord, the priest will assess its value, whether high or low. The price will stand just as the priest assesses it. 15 But if the one who consecrated his house redeems it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value, and it will be his.(I)
16 “If a man consecrates to the Lord any part of a field that he possesses, your assessment of value will be proportional to the seed needed to sow it, at the rate of fifty silver shekels for every six bushels[b] of barley seed.[c] 17 If he consecrates his field during the Year of Jubilee,(J) the price will stand according to your assessment. 18 But if he consecrates his field after the Jubilee, the priest will calculate the price for him in proportion to the years left until the next Year of Jubilee, so that your assessment will be reduced. 19 If the one who consecrated the field decides to redeem it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value, and the field will transfer back to him. 20 But if he does not redeem the field or if he has sold it to another man, it is no longer redeemable. 21 When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will be holy to the Lord like a field permanently set apart; it becomes the priest’s property.
22 “If a person consecrates to the Lord a field he has purchased that is not part of his inherited landholding, 23 then the priest will calculate for him the amount of the assessment up to the Year of Jubilee, and the person will pay the assessed value on that day as a holy offering to the Lord. 24 In the Year of Jubilee the field will return to the one he bought it from,(K) the original owner. 25 All your assessed values will be measured by the standard sanctuary shekel,[d] twenty gerahs to the shekel.(L)
26 “But no one can consecrate a firstborn of the livestock, whether an animal from the herd or flock, to the Lord, because a firstborn already belongs to the Lord.(M) 27 If it is one of the unclean livestock, it can be ransomed according to your assessment by adding a fifth of its value to it. If it is not redeemed, it can be sold according to your assessment.(N)
28 “Nothing that a man permanently sets apart to the Lord from all he owns, whether a person, an animal, or his inherited landholding, can be sold or redeemed; everything set apart is especially holy to the Lord. 29 No person who has been set apart for destruction is to be ransomed; he must be put to death.(O)
30 “Every tenth of the land’s produce, grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord;(P) it is holy to the Lord. 31 If a man decides to redeem any part of this tenth, he must add a fifth to its value. 32 Every tenth animal from the herd or flock, which passes under the shepherd’s rod,(Q) will be holy to the Lord. 33 He is not to inspect whether it is good or bad, and he is not to make a substitution for it. But if he does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute will be holy;(R) they cannot be redeemed.”(S)
34 These are the commands the Lord gave Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.(T)
Leviticus 27
Lexham English Bible
Instructions About Vows
27 Then[a] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the Israelites,[b] and say[c] to them, ‘When a man makes a vow according to your[d] proper value of persons to Yahweh, 3 if[e] your proper value is for a male[f] from twenty years of age[g] up to[h] sixty years of age,[i] then[j] your proper value shall be fifty shekels of money according to the sanctuary’s shekel. 4 But[k] if it is for a female, then[l] your proper value shall be thirty shekels. 5 And if from five years of age[m] up to[n] twenty years of age,[o] then[p] your proper value shall be twenty shekels for the male and ten shekels for the female. 6 And if from a month of age[q] up to[r] five years of age,[s] then[t] your proper value shall be five shekels of money for the male, and your proper value for the female shall be three shekels of money. 7 And if from sixty years of age[u] and above: if a male, then[v] your proper value shall be fifteen shekels; and for the female, ten shekels. 8 But[w] if he is poorer than your proper value, then[x] he shall present himself before[y] the priest, and the priest shall set a value on him; the priest shall value him according to[z] what the person who made a vow can afford.[aa]
9 “‘And if it is a domestic animal from which they present an offering for Yahweh, all that he gives from it for Yahweh shall be a holy object. 10 He shall not replace it, nor shall he exchange it, either good with bad or bad with good; and if he indeed exchanges a domestic animal with a domestic animal, then[ab] it and its substitution shall be a holy object.[ac] 11 But[ad] if it is any unclean animal from which they may not present an offering for Yahweh, then[ae] he shall present the animal before[af] the priest. 12 And the priest shall set a value on it, either good or bad;[ag] as the priest sets your proper value, so it shall be. 13 And if he indeed wants to redeem it, then[ah] he shall add a fifth of it onto your proper value.
14 “‘And if a man consecrates his house as a holy object for Yahweh, then[ai] the priest shall set a value on it, either good or bad;[aj] just as the priest sets a value on it, so it shall remain. 15 But[ak] if the one who consecrates it wants to redeem his house, then[al] he shall add a fifth of your proper value’s money onto it, and it shall be his.
16 “‘And if a man consecrates some of[am] his property’s fields[an] for Yahweh, then[ao] your proper value shall be in accordance with its seed requirements:[ap] a homer of barley seed for fifty shekels of money. 17 If he consecrates his field from the Year of Jubilee, it shall stand as your proper value. 18 But[aq] if he consecrates his field after the Jubilee, then[ar] the priest shall calculate the money for him according to the number of years[as] that are left over until the Year of Jubilee; and it shall be deducted from your proper value. 19 And if he indeed redeems the field that is consecrated, then[at] he shall add a fifth of your proper value’s money onto it, and it shall stand for[au] him. 20 And if he does not redeem the field and if he sells the field to another man, it may not be redeemed again, 21 and the field shall be a holy object for Yahweh when it goes out[av] in the Jubilee, like a devoted[aw] field; it shall be the priest’s property.[ax]
22 “‘And if he consecrates for Yahweh his acquired[ay] field that is not the field of his inherited possession, 23 then[az] the priest shall calculate for him the amount[ba] of your proper value until the year of the Jubilee, and he shall give your proper value on that day as a holy object for Yahweh. 24 In the Year of the Jubilee the field shall return to the one who bought it from him, to the one whose property the land is. 25 And every proper value of yours shall be in the sanctuary’s shekel—the shekel shall be twenty gerahs.
26 “‘However, a man shall not consecrate a firstborn among livestock, which belongs as firstborn to Yahweh; whether an ox or[bb] small livestock, it is for Yahweh. 27 And if it is among the unclean animals, then[bc] he shall ransom it according to your proper value, and he shall add a fifth of its value onto it; and if it is not redeemed, then[bd] it shall be sold according to your proper value. 28 However, anything devoted[be] that a man has devoted to Yahweh from all that he has,[bf] from human or[bg] animal, or[bh] from the field of his property, may not be sold, and it may not be redeemed; anything devoted is a most holy thing[bi] for Yahweh. 29 Anyone devoted who is devoted from human beings[bj] cannot be ransomed—he shall surely be put to death.
30 “‘And any tithe of the land from the land’s seed or from the fruit of the trees is for Yahweh; it is a holy object for Yahweh. 31 And if a man indeed redeems from his tithe, he shall add a fifth of its value onto it. 32 As for[bk] every tithe of cattle or[bl] of the flock,[bm] all which crosses under the rod, the tenth shall be a holy object for Yahweh. 33 He shall not inspect between the good and the bad, and he shall not exchange it; but[bn] if he indeed exchanges it, then[bo] it and its substitution shall be[bp] a holy object—it shall not be redeemed.’”
34 These are the commands that Yahweh commanded Moses for the Israelites[bq] on Mount Sinai.[br]
Footnotes
- Leviticus 27:1 Or “And”
- Leviticus 27:2 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Leviticus 27:2 Or “and you shall say”
- Leviticus 27:2 Singular when modifying “proper value” throughout the entire chapter
- Leviticus 27:3 Or “and”
- Leviticus 27:3 Hebrew “the male”
- Leviticus 27:3 Literally “a son of twenty years”
- Leviticus 27:3 Or “and up to”
- Leviticus 27:3 Literally “a son of sixty years”
- Leviticus 27:3 Or “and”
- Leviticus 27:4 Or “And”
- Leviticus 27:4 Or “and”
- Leviticus 27:5 Literally “a son of five years”
- Leviticus 27:5 Or “and up to”
- Leviticus 27:5 Literally “a son of twenty years”
- Leviticus 27:5 Or “and”
- Leviticus 27:6 Literally “a son of a month”
- Leviticus 27:6 Or “and up to”
- Leviticus 27:6 Literally “a son of five years”
- Leviticus 27:6 Or “and”
- Leviticus 27:7 Literally “a son of sixty years”
- Leviticus 27:7 Or “and”
- Leviticus 27:8 Or “And”
- Leviticus 27:8 Or “and”
- Leviticus 27:8 Literally “to the faces of”
- Leviticus 27:8 Literally “on a mouth of”
- Leviticus 27:8 Literally “his hand produces”
- Leviticus 27:10 Or “and”
- Leviticus 27:10 Literally “it shall be and its substitution shall be holy”
- Leviticus 27:11 Or “And”
- Leviticus 27:11 Or “and”
- Leviticus 27:11 Literally “to the faces of”
- Leviticus 27:12 Literally “between good and between bad”
- Leviticus 27:13 Or “and”
- Leviticus 27:14 Or “and”
- Leviticus 27:14 Literally “between good and between bad”
- Leviticus 27:15 Or “And”
- Leviticus 27:15 Or “and”
- Leviticus 27:16 Literally “from”
- Leviticus 27:16 Collective singular; Hebrew “field”
- Leviticus 27:16 Or “and”
- Leviticus 27:16 Literally “to the number of its seed”
- Leviticus 27:18 Or “And”
- Leviticus 27:18 Or “and”
- Leviticus 27:18 Literally “on the mouth of the years”
- Leviticus 27:19 Or “and”
- Leviticus 27:19 Or “remain for” or “belong to”
- Leviticus 27:21 Or “is released” or “reverts”
- Leviticus 27:21 Or “permanently set apart”; a different Hebrew word than previously translated “consecrated” in this chapter
- Leviticus 27:21 Literally “to/for the priest it shall be his property”
- Leviticus 27:22 Or “purchased”
- Leviticus 27:23 Or “and”
- Leviticus 27:23 Literally “number”
- Leviticus 27:26 Literally “whether” or “if”
- Leviticus 27:27 Or “and”
- Leviticus 27:27 Or “and”
- Leviticus 27:28 Or “permanently set apart”; a different Hebrew word than previously translated “consecrated” in this chapter
- Leviticus 27:28 Literally “from all that is for him”
- Leviticus 27:28 Or “and”
- Leviticus 27:28 Or “and”
- Leviticus 27:28 Literally “a holy thing of holy things”
- Leviticus 27:29 Literally “the human”
- Leviticus 27:32 Or “And”
- Leviticus 27:32 Or “and”
- Leviticus 27:32 The Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals)
- Leviticus 27:33 Or “and”
- Leviticus 27:33 Or “and”
- Leviticus 27:33 Literally “it shall be and its substitution shall be”
- Leviticus 27:34 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Leviticus 27:34 Literally “the mountain of Sinai”
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