Levitikus 27:5

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;

Levitikus 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.

Levitikus 27:5 In-Context

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;
6 Und wenn es von einem Monat alt bis zu fünf Jahren alt ist, so sei deine Schätzung eines Knaben fünf Sekel Silber, und deine Schätzung eines Mädchens drei Sekel Silber;
7 und wenn es von sechzig Jahren alt und darüber ist, so sei deine Schätzung, wenn es ein Mann ist, fünfzehn Sekel, und eines Weibes zehn Sekel.
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