Levitikus 27:3

3 Und es sei deine Schätzung eines Mannes von zwanzig Jahren alt bis zu sechzig Jahren alt, und zwar sei deine Schätzung fünfzig Sekel Silber, nach dem Sekel des Heiligtums;

Levitikus 27:3 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 27:3

And thy estimation shall be
The estimation of the man himself that vowed, or of the priest for him, was not left to be made by either of them at their pleasure, but was to be made according to the following rules, in proportion to the age a person was of to be estimated:

of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old:
the account begins with these, because men of an age from the one to the other are fittest for labour, and therefore to be set at the highest price, as they are in the next clause:

even that estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the
shekel of the sanctuary;
a shekel was about half a crown of our money, or somewhat less, so that fifty of these amounted to about six pounds: these shekels were to be of the full weight, according to the standard that was kept in the sanctuary, and were the highest price that was set upon any; and this was paid equally by all of the same age, whether rich or poor: hence it is said,

``in estimations there is nothing less than one shekel, nor more than fifty ^F14.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 Misn. Eracin, c. 2. sect. 1.

Levitikus 27:3 In-Context

1 Und Jehova redete zu Mose und sprach:

2 Rede zu den Kindern Israel und sprich zu ihnen: Wenn jemand ein Gelübde erfüllt, so sollen die Seelen nach deiner Schätzung für Jehova sein.

3 Und es sei deine Schätzung eines Mannes von zwanzig Jahren alt bis zu sechzig Jahren alt, und zwar sei deine Schätzung fünfzig Sekel Silber, nach dem Sekel des Heiligtums;

4 Und wenn es ein Weib ist, so sei deine Schätzung dreißig Sekel.

5 Und wenn es von fünf Jahren alt bis zu zwanzig Jahren alt ist, so sei deine Schätzung einer männlichen Person zwanzig Sekel, und einer weiblichen zehn Sekel;