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Instructions About Vows

27 Then[a] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “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, 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. But[k] if it is for a female, then[l] your proper value shall be thirty shekels. 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. 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. 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. 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]

“‘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

  1. Leviticus 27:1 Or “And”
  2. Leviticus 27:2 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  3. Leviticus 27:2 Or “and you shall say”
  4. Leviticus 27:2 Singular when modifying “proper value” throughout the entire chapter
  5. Leviticus 27:3 Or “and”
  6. Leviticus 27:3 Hebrew “the male”
  7. Leviticus 27:3 Literally “a son of twenty years”
  8. Leviticus 27:3 Or “and up to”
  9. Leviticus 27:3 Literally “a son of sixty years”
  10. Leviticus 27:3 Or “and”
  11. Leviticus 27:4 Or “And”
  12. Leviticus 27:4 Or “and”
  13. Leviticus 27:5 Literally “a son of five years”
  14. Leviticus 27:5 Or “and up to”
  15. Leviticus 27:5 Literally “a son of twenty years”
  16. Leviticus 27:5 Or “and”
  17. Leviticus 27:6 Literally “a son of a month”
  18. Leviticus 27:6 Or “and up to”
  19. Leviticus 27:6 Literally “a son of five years”
  20. Leviticus 27:6 Or “and”
  21. Leviticus 27:7 Literally “a son of sixty years”
  22. Leviticus 27:7 Or “and”
  23. Leviticus 27:8 Or “And”
  24. Leviticus 27:8 Or “and”
  25. Leviticus 27:8 Literally “to the faces of”
  26. Leviticus 27:8 Literally “on a mouth of”
  27. Leviticus 27:8 Literally “his hand produces”
  28. Leviticus 27:10 Or “and”
  29. Leviticus 27:10 Literally “it shall be and its substitution shall be holy”
  30. Leviticus 27:11 Or “And”
  31. Leviticus 27:11 Or “and”
  32. Leviticus 27:11 Literally “to the faces of”
  33. Leviticus 27:12 Literally “between good and between bad”
  34. Leviticus 27:13 Or “and”
  35. Leviticus 27:14 Or “and”
  36. Leviticus 27:14 Literally “between good and between bad”
  37. Leviticus 27:15 Or “And”
  38. Leviticus 27:15 Or “and”
  39. Leviticus 27:16 Literally “from”
  40. Leviticus 27:16 Collective singular; Hebrew “field”
  41. Leviticus 27:16 Or “and”
  42. Leviticus 27:16 Literally “to the number of its seed”
  43. Leviticus 27:18 Or “And”
  44. Leviticus 27:18 Or “and”
  45. Leviticus 27:18 Literally “on the mouth of the years”
  46. Leviticus 27:19 Or “and”
  47. Leviticus 27:19 Or “remain for” or “belong to”
  48. Leviticus 27:21 Or “is released” or “reverts”
  49. Leviticus 27:21 Or “permanently set apart”; a different Hebrew word than previously translated “consecrated” in this chapter
  50. Leviticus 27:21 Literally “to/for the priest it shall be his property”
  51. Leviticus 27:22 Or “purchased”
  52. Leviticus 27:23 Or “and”
  53. Leviticus 27:23 Literally “number”
  54. Leviticus 27:26 Literally “whether” or “if”
  55. Leviticus 27:27 Or “and”
  56. Leviticus 27:27 Or “and”
  57. Leviticus 27:28 Or “permanently set apart”; a different Hebrew word than previously translated “consecrated” in this chapter
  58. Leviticus 27:28 Literally “from all that is for him”
  59. Leviticus 27:28 Or “and”
  60. Leviticus 27:28 Or “and”
  61. Leviticus 27:28 Literally “a holy thing of holy things”
  62. Leviticus 27:29 Literally “the human”
  63. Leviticus 27:32 Or “And”
  64. Leviticus 27:32 Or “and”
  65. Leviticus 27:32 The Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals)
  66. Leviticus 27:33 Or “and”
  67. Leviticus 27:33 Or “and”
  68. Leviticus 27:33 Literally “it shall be and its substitution shall be”
  69. Leviticus 27:34 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  70. Leviticus 27:34 Literally “the mountain of Sinai”

许愿的条例

27 耶和华对摩西说: “你把以下条例告诉以色列人。

“如果有人许下特别的愿,以付身价的方式奉献一个人给耶和华,就要为被奉献者估定身价。 以圣所的秤为准,要为二十至六十岁的男子估价五百五十克银子, 女子则估价三百三十克银子; 五至二十岁的男子估价二百二十克银子,女子则估价一百一十克银子; 满月至五岁的男子估价五十五克银子,女子则估价三十三克银子; 六十岁以上的男子估价一百六十五克银子,女子则估价一百一十克银子。 如果许愿的人因贫穷而负担不起,就要把他带到祭司面前,祭司要按他的能力另行估价。

“如果有人许愿献牲畜给耶和华作供物,所献的牲畜就会成为圣物。 10 不可更换所献的牲畜,不可以坏换好,也不可以好换坏。如果更换,两头牲畜都会成为圣物。 11 如果许愿献的是不洁净的牲畜,即不能献给耶和华作供物的牲畜,那人就要把牲畜带到祭司面前, 12 由祭司评定它的好坏,祭司估价多少就是多少。 13 那人如果有意赎回,必须支付祭司估定的价值,再加付五分之一。

14 “如果有人把房子献给耶和华,祭司就要评定房子的好坏,祭司估价多少就是多少。 15 那人如果想赎回房子,必须支付祭司估定的价值,再加付五分之一,房子便仍归他所有。

16 “如果有人把自己继承的部分土地献给耶和华,祭司就要按照土地的播种量来估价,撒二十公斤大麦种子的土地值五百五十克银子。 17 如果有人在禧年奉献土地,所估的价便是定价。 18 如果是在禧年以后献的,祭司要按照距下个禧年的年数来估价,估价要逐年减低。 19 如果那人想赎回所献的土地,要在估价的基础上加付五分之一,土地便仍归他所有。 20 他如果没有赎回土地,而是卖给别人,便再也不能赎回。 21 到了禧年,那土地要像永远献给耶和华的土地一样归耶和华,成为祭司的产业。

22 “如果献给耶和华的土地不是自己的产业,而是买来的, 23 祭司就要按照距下个禧年的年数来估价。那人要当天付清地价,地价归耶和华。 24 到了禧年,他要把所献的土地归还原主。 25 所有价银的称量要以圣所的秤为准,即二十季拉为一舍客勒[a]

26 “洁净牲畜的头胎,无论是牛是羊,已经属于耶和华,任何人不可再把它献给耶和华。 27 如果是不洁净牲畜的头胎,他可以在祭司的估价基础上,加付五分之一把它赎回;如果不赎回,就要按估价把它卖掉。 28 凡永远献上的[b],不论是人、牲畜或是田产,都不可卖掉,也不可赎回,因为这一切都属于耶和华,是至圣的。 29 凡永远献上的人不可被赎回,必须被处死。

30 “土地的所有出产中,不论是谷物还是树上的果实,十分之一属于耶和华,是圣物。 31 如果有人想从那十分之一中赎回一部分,他要加付估价的五分之一。 32 至于牛羊,要让它们从牧人的杖下经过,每数十只,第十只属于耶和华,是圣物。 33 不论是好是坏,不可挑拣,不可更换。如果更换,两只都要归耶和华,不可赎回。”

34 以上是耶和华在西奈山上借摩西向以色列人颁布的诫命。

Footnotes

  1. 27:25 一舍客勒约合十一克。
  2. 27:28 永远献上的”指完全献给耶和华、永不可赎回的人或物,一般要被毁灭。此律多适用于战争中被攻占的城邑或战俘。