Leviticus 27:1-6

Funding the Sanctuary

1 The Lord spoke to Moses:
2 "Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When someone makes a special vow to the Lord that involves the valuation of people,
3 if the valuation concerns a male from 20 to 60 years old, your valuation is 50 silver shekels[a] [measured] by the standard sanctuary shekel. [b]
4 If the person is a female, your valuation is 30 shekels.[c]
5 If the person is from five to 20 years old, your valuation for a male is 20 shekels[d] and for a female 10 shekels.
6 If the person is from one month to five years old, your valuation for a male is five silver shekels,[e] and for a female your valuation is three shekels of silver.

Leviticus 27:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVEITICUS 27

This chapter contains various laws concerning vows made unto the Lord, whether of persons whose estimation was to be made by the priest, according to their age, sex, and condition, Le 26:1-8; or of beasts, clean and unclean, good or bad, Le 26:9-13; or of houses, fields, and lands, the estimation of which was to be according to its seed, and the time of its being set apart, whether from or after the year of jubilee, and the number of years to it, Le 26:14-25; with this exception to the above laws, that no firstling of the Lord's might be sanctified, and if an unclean beast it might be redeemed, but nothing devoted to the Lord, whether of man, beast, or field, might be sold or redeemed, Le 26:26-29; and the chapter is concluded with some laws concerning the redemption or change of tithes, what might or what might not be redeemed or changed, Le 26:30-34;

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