Leviticus 27 (New International Version)
Redeeming What Is the LORD's
1 The LORD said to Moses, 2 "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'If anyone makes a special vow1 to dedicate persons to the LORD by giving equivalent values, 3 set the value of a male between the ages of twenty and sixty at fifty shekelsa of silver, according to the sanctuary shekelb;2 4 and if it is a female, set her value at thirty shekels.c 5 If it is a person between the ages of five and twenty, set the value of a male at twenty shekelsd3 and of a female at ten shekels.e 6 If it is a person between one month and five years, set the value of a male at five shekelsf4 of silver and that of a female at three shekelsg of silver. 7 If it is a person sixty years old or more, set the value of a male at fifteen shekelsh and of a female at ten shekels. 8 If anyone making the vow is too poor to pay5 the specified amount, he is to present the person to the priest, who will set the value6 for him according to what the man making the vow can afford. 9 " 'If what he vowed is an animal that is acceptable as an offering to the Lord,7 such an animal given to the LORD becomes holy.8 10 He must not exchange it or substitute a good one for a bad one, or a bad one for a good one;9 if he should substitute one animal for another, both it and the substitute become holy. 11 If what he vowed is a ceremonially unclean animal10--one that is not acceptable as an offering to the LORD--the animal must be presented to the priest, 12 who will judge its quality as good or bad. Whatever value the priest then sets, that is what it will be. 13 If the owner wishes to redeem11 the animal, he must add a fifth to its value.12 14 " 'If a man dedicates his house as something holy to the Lord, the priest will judge its quality as good or bad. Whatever value the priest then sets, so it will remain. 15 If the man who dedicates his house redeems it,13 he must add a fifth to its value, and the house will again become his. 16 " 'If a man dedicates to the LORD part of his family land, its value is to be set according to the amount of seed required for it--fifty shekels of silver to a homeri of barley seed. 17 If he dedicates his field during the Year of Jubilee, the value that has been set remains. 18 But if he dedicates his field after the Jubilee,14 the priest will determine the value according to the number of years that remain15 until the next Year of Jubilee, and its set value will be reduced. 19 If the man who dedicates the field wishes to redeem it,16 he must add a fifth to its value, and the field will again become his. 20 If, however, he does not redeem the field, or if he has sold it to someone else, it can never be redeemed. 21 When the field is released in the Jubilee,17 it will become holy,18 like a field devoted to the Lord;19 it will become the property of the priests.j 22 " 'If a man dedicates to the LORD a field he has bought, which is not part of his family land, 23 the priest will determine its value up to the Year of Jubilee,20 and the man must pay its value on that day as something holy to the Lord. 24 In the Year of Jubilee the field will revert to the person from whom he bought it,21 the one whose land it was. 25 Every value is to be set according to the sanctuary shekel,22 twenty gerahs23 to the shekel. 26 " 'No one, however, may dedicate the firstborn of an animal, since the firstborn already belongs to the Lord;24 whether an oxk or a sheep, it is the LORD's. 27 If it is one of the unclean animals,25 he may buy it back at its set value, adding a fifth of the value to it. If he does not redeem it, it is to be sold at its set value. 28 " 'But nothing that a man owns and devotesl26 to the LORD--whether man or animal or family land--may be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy27 to the Lord. 29 " 'No person devoted to destructionm may be ransomed; he must be put to death.28 30 " 'A tithe29 of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy30 to the Lord. 31 If a man redeems31 any of his tithe, he must add a fifth of the value32 to it. 32 The entire tithe of the herd and flock--every tenth animal that passes under the shepherd's rod33--will be holy to the Lord. 33 He must not pick out the good from the bad or make any substitution.34 If he does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute become holy and cannot be redeemed.35' " 34 These are the commands the LORD gave Moses on Mount Sinai36 for the Israelites.37Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version)
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
a.
Leviticus 27:3 - That is, about 1 1/4 pounds (about 0.6 kilogram); also in verse 16
b.
Leviticus 27:3 - That is, about 2/5 ounce (about 11.5 grams); also in verse 25
c.
Leviticus 27:4 - That is, about 12 ounces (about 0.3 kilogram)
d.
Leviticus 27:5 - That is, about 8 ounces (about 0.2 kilogram)
e.
Leviticus 27:5 - That is, about 4 ounces (about 110 grams); also in verse 7
f.
Leviticus 27:6 - That is, about 2 ounces (about 55 grams)
g.
Leviticus 27:6 - That is, about 1 1/4 ounces (about 35 grams)
h.
Leviticus 27:7 - That is, about 6 ounces (about 170 grams)
i.
Leviticus 27:16 - That is, probably about 6 bushels (about 220 liters)
j.
Leviticus 27:21 - Or "priest"
k.
Leviticus 27:26 - The Hebrew word can include both male and female.
l.
Leviticus 27:28 - The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord.
m.
Leviticus 27:29 - The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
6.
Leviticus 27:8 - ver 12,14
9.
Leviticus 27:10 - ver 33
13.
Leviticus 27:15 - ver 13,20
18.
Leviticus 27:21 - S ver 9
25.
Leviticus 27:27 - S ver 11
27.
Leviticus 27:28 - S ver 9
29.
Leviticus 27:30 - Ge 28:22; Nu 18:26; Dt 12:6,17; 14:22,28; 2Ch 31:6; Ne 10:37; 12:44; 13:5; Mal 3:8
34.
Leviticus 27:33 - ver 10