Leviticus 27:1

1 The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying,

Leviticus 27:1 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 27:1

And the Lord spake unto Moses
After he had delivered the body of laws in the preceding chapter, which by the close of the last seem to have been finished; but here some rules and instructions concerning vows are given, which a man was not obliged to make, but which he did of his own freewill and good pleasure: saying; as follows.

Leviticus 27:1 In-Context

1 The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying,

2 Speak to the children of Yisra'el, and tell them, When a man shall accomplish a vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by your estimation.

3 Your estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even to sixty years old, even your estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

4 If it be a female, then your estimation shall be thirty shekels.

5 If it be from five years old even to twenty years old, then your estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.