Leviticus

Leviticus 27:1–13

1Then the LORD said to Moses, 2“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘When someone makes a special vow to the LORD involving the value of persons, 3if the valuation concerns a male from twenty to sixty years of age, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver,a according to the sanctuary shekel.b 4Or if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.c 5And if the person is from five to twenty years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be twenty shekels,d and for the female ten shekels.e

6Now if the person is from one month to five years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be five shekels of silver,f and for the female three shekels of silver.g 7And if the person is sixty years of age or older, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekelsh for the male and ten shekels for the female. 8But if the one making the vow is too poor to pay the valuation, he is to present the personi before the priest, who shall set the value according to what the one making the vow can afford.

9If he vows an animal that may be brought as an offering to the LORD, any such animal given to the LORD shall be holy. 10He must not replace it or exchange it, either good for bad or bad for good. But if he does substitute one animal for another, both that animal and its substitute will be holy.

11But 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. 12The priest shall set its value, whether high or low; as the priest values it, the price will be set. 13If, however, the owner decides to redeem the animal, he must add a fifth to its value.

Footnotes

  • a 27:3 50 shekels is approximately 1.26 pounds or 569.8 grams of silver; also in verse 16.
  • b 27:3 A shekel weighed approximately 0.4 ounces or 11.4 grams; also in verse 25.
  • c 27:4 30 shekels is approximately 12 ounces or 342 grams of silver.
  • d 27:5 20 shekels is approximately 8 ounces or 228 grams of silver.
  • e 27:5 10 shekels is approximately 4 ounces or 114 grams of silver; also in verse 7.
  • f 27:6 5 shekels is approximately 2 ounces or 57 grams of silver.
  • g 27:6 3 shekels is approximately 1.2 ounces or 34.2 grams of silver.
  • h 27:7 15 shekels is approximately 6 ounces or 171 grams of silver.
  • i 27:8 Or present himself

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Cross-references

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Leviticus 27:2 Numbers 6:2 · Judges 11:39 · 1 Samuel 1:28 · 1 Samuel 1:11 · Judges 11:30–31 · Deuteronomy 23:21–23

Leviticus 27:3 Exodus 30:13 · Leviticus 27:25 · Numbers 18:16

Leviticus 27:8 Mark 14:7 · Leviticus 14:21–22

Leviticus 27:13 Leviticus 27:19 · Leviticus 27:15 · Leviticus 22:14

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.