Leviticus 27:5

5 If the age is from five to twenty years of age, the equivalent is twenty shekels for a male and ten shekels for a female.

Leviticus 27:5 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 27:5

And if [it be] from five years old, even unto to twenty years
old
Not that one of five years old is supposed to vow or to make an estimation, but one grown up, that says, the estimation of this little one, who is five years of age, be upon me; and such an one was bound to pay the value of him, which is as follows:

then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the
female ten shekels;
which were for the one above two pounds, and for the other more than one pound; these were valued at a less price than the former, partly because, generally speaking, there are more die between the age of five and the age of twenty years than between twenty and sixty; and partly because within that time they are not capable of so much work and service as in the latter; and it may be observed, that the females of this age are not valued in proportion to the females of the other; the estimation of these being just half that of the males, whereas that of the other is more than half; the reason is, that women above twenty years of age, their service bears, a better proportion to that of men, than that of young women to young men under twenty.

Leviticus 27:5 In-Context

3 the equivalent for a male shall be: from twenty to sixty years of age the equivalent shall be fifty shekels of silver by the sanctuary shekel.

4 If the person is a female, the equivalent is thirty shekels.

5 If the age is from five to twenty years of age, the equivalent is twenty shekels for a male and ten shekels for a female.

6 If the age is from one month to five years, the equivalent for a male is five shekels of silver, and for a female the equivalent is three shekels of silver.

7 And if the person is sixty years old or over, then the equivalent for a male is fifteen shekels, and for a female ten shekels.