Leviticus 27:2-8

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

² “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When a person makes an explicit vow to the Lord concerning the equivalent for a human being, ³ the equivalent for a male shall be: from twenty to sixty years of age the equivalent shall be fifty shekels of silver by the sanctuary shekel.^{(A) 4} If the person is a female, the equivalent is thirty shekels. ⁵ If the age is from five to twenty years of age, the equivalent is twenty shekels for a male and ten shekels for a female. ⁶ If the age is from one month to five years, the equivalent for a male is five shekels of silver, and for a female the equivalent is three shekels of silver.^{(B) 7} And if the person is sixty years old or over, then the equivalent for a male is fifteen shekels and for a female ten shekels. ⁸ If any cannot afford the equivalent, they shall be brought before the priest and the priest shall assess them; the priest shall assess them according to what each one making a vow can afford.^(C)