Leviticus, 27

1. Yahweh spoke to Moses and said:

1. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

2. 'Speak to the Israelites and say: "If anyone vows the value of a person to Yahweh and wishes to discharge the vow:

2. Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons [shall be] for the LORD by thy estimation.

3. "a man between twenty and sixty years of age will be valued at fifty silver shekels -- the sanctuary shekel;

3. And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

4. a woman will be valued at thirty shekels;

4. And if it [be] a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.

5. "between five and twenty years, a boy will be valued at twenty shekels, a girl at ten shekels;

5. And if [it be] from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

6. "between one month and five years, a boy will be valued at five silver shekels, a girl at three silver shekels;

6. And if [it be] from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation [shall be] three shekels of silver.

7. "at sixty years and over, a man will be valued at fifteen shekels and a woman at ten shekels.

7. And if [it be] from sixty years old and above; if [it be] a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

8. "If the person who made the vow cannot meet this valuation, he will present the person concerned to the priest, and the priest will set a value proportionate to the resources of the person who made the vow.

8. But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him.

9. "In the case of an animal suitable for offering to Yahweh, any such animal given to Yahweh will be holy.

9. And if [it be] a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD, all that [any man] giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy.

10. It cannot be exchanged or replaced, a good one instead of a bad one, or a bad one instead of a good one. If one animal is substituted for another, both of them will become holy.

10. He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy.

11. In the case of an unclean animal unsuitable for offering to Yahweh, whatever it may be, it will be presented to the priest

11. And if [it be] any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice unto the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the priest:

12. and he will set a value on it, in relation to its worth. His valuation will be decisive;

12. And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, [who art] the priest, so shall it be.

13. but if the person wishes to redeem it, he will add one-fifth to the valuation.

13. But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth [part] thereof unto thy estimation.

14. "If a man consecrates his house to Yahweh, the priest will set a value on it, in relation to its worth. His valuation will be decisive.

14. And when a man shall sanctify his house [to be] holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.

15. If the man who has vowed his house wishes to redeem it, he will add one-fifth to the valuation, and it will revert to him.

15. And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth [part] of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his.

16. "If a man consecrates one of the fields of his ancestral property to Yahweh, its value will be calculated in terms of its yield, at the rate of fifty silver shekels to one homer of barley.

16. And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD [some part] of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed [shall be valued] at fifty shekels of silver.

17. "If he consecrates the field during the jubilee year, he will abide by this valuation.

17. If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy estimation it shall stand.

18. But if he consecrates it after the jubilee, the priest will calculate the price in terms of the number of years still to run until the next jubilee and the valuation will be reduced accordingly.

18. But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thy estimation.

19. "If he wishes to redeem the field, he will add one-fifth to the valuation, and the field will revert to him.

19. And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth [part] of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him.

20. If he does not redeem it but sells it to someone else, the right of redemption ceases;

20. And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.

21. when the purchaser has to vacate it at the jubilee year, it becomes consecrated to Yahweh, like a field vowed unconditionally; ownership of it passes to the priest.

21. But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's.

22. "If he consecrates to Yahweh a field which he has bought, but which is not part of his ancestral property,

22. And if [a man] sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought, which [is] not of the fields of his possession;

23. the priest will calculate the valuation in terms of the number of years still to run before the jubilee year; and the man will pay this sum the same day since it is consecrated to Yahweh.

23. Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, [even] unto the year of the jubile: and he shall give thine estimation in that day, [as] a holy thing unto the LORD.

24. In the jubilee year the field will revert to the vendor, the man to whose ancestral property the land belongs.

24. In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, [even] to him to whom the possession of the land [did belong].

25. All your valuations will be made in sanctuary shekels, at the rate of twenty gerah to the shekel.

25. And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.

26. "The first-born of livestock is born to Yahweh; no one may consecrate it, whether it be cattle or sheep, for it belongs to Yahweh anyway.

26. Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD'S firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether [it be] ox, or sheep: it [is] the LORD'S.

27. But if it is an unclean animal, it may be redeemed at the valuation price with one-fifth added; if the animal is not redeemed, it will be sold at the valuation price.

27. And if [it be] of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem [it] according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth [part] of it thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.

28. "Nothing, however, that someone vows unconditionally to Yahweh may be redeemed, nothing he possesses, be it a human being or animal or field of his ancestral property. What is vowed unconditionally is especially holy and belongs to Yahweh.

28. Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, [both] of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing [is] most holy unto the LORD.

29. A human being vowed unconditionally cannot be redeemed but will be put to death.

29. None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; [but] shall surely be put to death.

30. "All tithes on land, levied on the produce of the soil or on the fruit of trees, belong to Yahweh; they are consecrated to Yahweh.

30. And all the tithe of the land, [whether] of the seed of the land, [or] of the fruit of the tree, [is] the LORD'S: [it is] holy unto the LORD.

31. If anyone wishes to redeem part of his tithe, he will add one-fifth to its value.

31. And if a man will at all redeem [ought] of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth [part] thereof.

32. "In all tithes on herds or flocks, the tenth animal of all that pass under the herdsman's staff will be consecrated to Yahweh;

32. And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, [even] of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.

33. there will be no examining whether it is good or bad, and no substitution. If substitution takes place, the animal and its substitute will both become holy without possibility of redemption." '

33. He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.

34. Such were the orders which Yahweh gave Moses on Mount Sinai for the Israelites.

34. These [are] the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.