Levítico 27:3

3 atribua aos homens entre vinte e sessenta anos o valor de seiscentos gramas^[a] de prata, com base no peso padrão^[b] do santuário;

Levítico 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.

Levítico 27:3 In-Context

1 Disse também o SENHOR a Moisés:

2 “Diga o seguinte aos israelitas: Se alguém fizer um voto especial, dedicando pessoas ao SENHOR, faça-o conforme o devido valor;

3 atribua aos homens entre vinte e sessenta anos o valor de seiscentos gramas de prata, com base no peso padrão do santuário;

4 e, se for mulher, atribua-lhe o valor de trezentos e sessenta gramas.

5 Se for alguém que tenha entre cinco e vinte anos, atribua aos homens o valor de duzentos e quarenta gramas e às mulheres o valor de cento e vinte gramas.

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebraico: "50 siclos. " Um siclo equivalia a 12 gramas.
• [b]. Hebraico: "no siclo."