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1 And the Lord said to Moses,
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The LORD said to Moses,
2 Say to the children of Israel, If a man makes a special oath, you will give your decision as to the value of the persons for the Lord.
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“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If anyone makes a special vow to dedicate a person to the LORD by giving the equivalent value,
3 And you will put the value of a male from twenty years to sixty years old at fifty shekels of silver, by the scale of the holy place.
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set the value of a male between the ages of twenty and sixty at fifty shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel ;
4 And if it is a female, the value will be thirty shekels.
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for a female, set her value at thirty shekels ;
5 And if the person is from five to twenty years old, the value will be twenty shekels for a male, and ten for a female.
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for a person between the ages of five and twenty, set the value of a male at twenty shekels and of a female at ten shekels ;
6 And if the person is from one month to five years old, then the value for a male will be five shekels of silver, and for a female three shekels.
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for a person between one month and five years, set the value of a male at five shekels of silver and that of a female at three shekels of silver;
7 And for sixty years old and over, for a male the value will be fifteen shekels, and for a female, ten.
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for a person sixty years old or more, set the value of a male at fifteen shekels and of a female at ten shekels.
8 But if he is poorer than the value which you have put on him, then let him be taken to the priest, and the priest will put a value on him, such as it is possible for him to give.
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If anyone making the vow is too poor to pay the specified amount, the person being dedicated is to be presented to the priest, who will set the value according to what the one making the vow can afford.
9 And if it is a beast of which men make offerings to the Lord, whatever any man gives of such to the Lord will be holy.
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“ ‘If what they vowed is an animal that is acceptable as an offering to the LORD, such an animal given to the LORD becomes holy.
10 It may not be changed in any way, a good given for a bad, or a bad for a good; if one beast is changed for another, the two will be holy.
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They must not exchange it or substitute a good one for a bad one, or a bad one for a good one; if they should substitute one animal for another, both it and the substitute become holy.
11 And if it is any unclean beast, of which offerings are not made to the Lord, then let him take the beast before the priest;
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If what they vowed is a ceremonially unclean animal—one that is not acceptable as an offering to the LORD—the animal must be presented to the priest,
12 And let the priest put a value on it, if it is good or bad; whatever value the priest puts on it, so will it be.
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who will judge its quality as good or bad. Whatever value the priest then sets, that is what it will be.
13 But if he has a desire to get it back for himself, let him give a fifth more than your value.
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If the owner wishes to redeem the animal, a fifth must be added to its value.
14 And if a man has given his house as holy to the Lord, then the priest will put a value on it, if it is good or bad; as the priest gives decision so will the value be fixed.
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“ ‘If anyone dedicates their house as something holy to the LORD, the priest will judge its quality as good or bad. Whatever value the priest then sets, so it will remain.
15 And if the owner has a desire to get back his house, let him give a fifth more than your value, and it will be his.
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If the one who dedicates their house wishes to redeem it, they must add a fifth to its value, and the house will again become theirs.
16 And if a man gives to the Lord part of the field which is his property, then let your value be in relation to the seed which is planted in it; a measure of barley grain will be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
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“ ‘If anyone dedicates to the LORD part of their family land, its value is to be set according to the amount of seed required for it—fifty shekels of silver to a homer of barley seed.
17 If he gives his field from the year of Jubilee, the value will be fixed by your decision.
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If they dedicate a field during the Year of Jubilee, the value that has been set remains.
18 But if he gives his field after the year of Jubilee, the amount of the money will be worked out by the priest in relation to the number of years till the coming year of Jubilee, and the necessary amount will be taken off your value.
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But if they dedicate a field after the Jubilee, the priest will determine the value according to the number of years that remain until the next Year of Jubilee, and its set value will be reduced.
19 And if the man who has given the field has a desire to get it back, let him give a fifth more than the price at which it was valued and it will be his.
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If the one who dedicates the field wishes to redeem it, they must add a fifth to its value, and the field will again become theirs.
20 But if he has no desire to get it back, or if he has given it for a price to another man, it may not be got back again.
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If, however, they do not redeem the field, or if they have sold it to someone else, it can never be redeemed.
21 But the field, when it becomes free at the year of Jubilee, will be holy to the Lord, as a field given under oath: it will be the property of the priest.
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When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the LORD; it will become priestly property.
22 And if a man gives to the Lord a field which he has got for money from another, which is not part of his heritage;
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“ ‘If anyone dedicates to the LORD a field they have bought, which is not part of their family land,
23 Then the value fixed by you up to the year of Jubilee will be worked out for him by the priest, and in that day he will give the amount of your value as holy to the Lord.
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the priest will determine its value up to the Year of Jubilee, and the owner must pay its value on that day as something holy to the LORD.
24 In the year of Jubilee the field will go back to him from whom he got it, that is, to him whose heritage it was.
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In the Year of Jubilee the field will revert to the person from whom it was bought, the one whose land it was.
25 And let all your values be based on the shekel of the holy place, that is, twenty gerahs to the shekel.
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Every value is to be set according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.
26 But a man may not give by oath to the Lord the first-fruits of cattle which are offered to the Lord: if it is an ox or a sheep it is the Lord's.
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“ ‘No one, however, may dedicate the firstborn of an animal, since the firstborn already belongs to the LORD; whether an ox or a sheep, it is the LORD’s.
27 And if it is an unclean beast, then the owner of it may give money to get it back, in agreement with the value fixed by you, by giving a fifth more; or if it is not taken back, let it be given for money in agreement with your valuing.
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If it is one of the unclean animals, it may be bought back at its set value, adding a fifth of the value to it. If it is not redeemed, it is to be sold at its set value.
28 But nothing which a man has given completely to the Lord, out of all his property, of man or beast, or of the land which is his heritage, may be given away or got back in exchange for money; anything completely given is most holy to the Lord.
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“ ‘But nothing that a person owns and devotes to the LORD—whether a human being or an animal or family land—may be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.
29 Any man given completely to the Lord may not be got back: he is certainly to be put to death.
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“ ‘No person devoted to destruction may be ransomed; they are to be put to death.
30 And every tenth part of the land, of the seed planted, or of the fruit of trees, is holy to the Lord.
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“ ‘A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD.
31 And if a man has a desire to get back any of the tenth part which he has given, let him give a fifth more.
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Whoever would redeem any of their tithe must add a fifth of the value to it.
32 And a tenth part of the herd and of the flock, whatever goes under the rod of the valuer, will be holy to the Lord.
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Every tithe of the herd and flock—every tenth animal that passes under the shepherd’s rod—will be holy to the LORD.
33 He may not make search to see if it is good or bad, or make any changes in it; and if he makes exchange of it for another, the two will be holy; he will not get them back again.
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No one may pick out the good from the bad or make any substitution. If anyone does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute become holy and cannot be redeemed.’ ”
34 These are the orders which the Lord gave to Moses for the children of Israel in Mount Sinai.
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These are the commands the LORD gave Moses at Mount Sinai for the Israelites.
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