Leviticus 27:1-10

Rules concerning Valuations

1 Again, the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
2 "Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, '1When a man makes a difficult vow, he shall be valued according to your valuation of persons belonging to the LORD.
3 'If your valuation is of the male from twenty years even to sixty years old, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after 2the shekel of the sanctuary.
4 'Or if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.
5 'If it be from five years even to twenty years old then your valuation for the male shall be twenty shekels and for the female ten shekels.
6 'But if they are from a month even up to five years old, then your valuation shall be 3five shekels of silver for the male, and for the female your valuation shall be three shekels of silver.
7 'If they are from sixty years old and upward, if it is a male, then your valuation shall be fifteen * shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
8 'But if he is poorer than your valuation, then he shall be placed before the priest and the priest shall value him; 4according * to the means * of the one who vowed, the priest shall value him.
9 'Now if it is an animal of the kind which men can present as an offering to the LORD, any such that one gives to the LORD shall be holy.
10 '5He shall not replace it or exchange it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; or if he does exchange animal for animal, then both it and its substitute shall become holy.

Leviticus 27:1-10 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;

Cross References 5

  • 1. Numbers 6:2; Deuteronomy 23:21-23
  • 2. Exodus 30:13; Leviticus 27:25; Numbers 3:47; Numbers 18:16
  • 3. Numbers 18:16
  • 4. Leviticus 5:11; Leviticus 14:21-24
  • 5. Leviticus 27:33

Footnotes 2

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