Lìwèijì 27:6

6 Ruò shì cóng yī yuè dào wǔ suì , nánzǐ nǐ yào gū déng wǔ Shĕkèlè , nǚzi gū déng sān Shĕkèlè .

Lìwèijì 27:6 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 27:6

And if [it be] from a month old even unto five years old
That is, if a man devotes his child to the Lord within such an age, and says, the estimation of this my son or my daughter be upon me, then he was to pay the value, as next directed; for one under a month old no estimation was to be made: the Jews say,

``one less than a mouth old may be vowed, but not estimated ^F15:''

then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver;
somewhat more than ten shillings:

and for the female thy estimation [shall be] three shekels of silver;
about seven shillings, which is the least value put on any; and though the lives of male or female at this age are equally uncertain, and the service of either of little worth when near the full time fixed; yet the preference is given to the male, as being of the more perfect kind, and its life generally most desirable.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Misn. Eracin, c. 1. sect. 1.

Lìwèijì 27:6 In-Context

4 Ruò shì nǚrén , nǐ yào gū déng sān shí Shĕkèlè .

5 Ruò shì cóng wǔ suì dào èr shí suì , nánzǐ nǐ yào gū déng èr shí Shĕkèlè , nǚzi gū déng shí Shĕkèlè .

6 Ruò shì cóng yī yuè dào wǔ suì , nánzǐ nǐ yào gū déng wǔ Shĕkèlè , nǚzi gū déng sān Shĕkèlè .

7 Ruò shì cóng liù shí suì yǐshàng , nánrén nǐ yào gū déng shí wǔ Shĕkèlè , nǚrén gū déng shí Shĕkèlè .

8 Tā ruò pínqióng , bùnéng zhào nǐ suǒ gū déng de jià , jiù yào bǎ tā daì dào jìsī miànqián , jìsī yào àn xǔyuàn rén de lìliang gū déng tāde jià .