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1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
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The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: The man that shall have made a vow, and promised his soul to God, shall give the price according to estimation.
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Speak to the people of Israel and say to them: When a person makes an explicit vow to the Lord concerning the equivalent for a human being,
3 If it be a man from twenty years old unto sixty years old, he shall give fifty sicles of silver, after the weight of the sanctuary:
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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 a woman, thirty.
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If the person is a female, the equivalent is thirty shekels.
5 But from the fifth year until the twentieth, a man shall give twenty sicles: a woman ten.
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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 From one month until the fifth year, for a male shall be given five sicles: for a female three.
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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 A man that is sixty years old or upward, shall give fifteen sicles: a woman ten.
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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.
8 If he be poor, and not able to pay the estimation, he shall stand before the priest: and as much as he shall value him at, and see him able to pay, so much shall he give.
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If any cannot afford the equivalent, they shall be brought before the priest and the priest shall assess them; the priest shall assess them according to what each one making a vow can afford.
9 But a beast that may be sacrificed to the Lord, if any one shall vow, shall be holy,
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If it concerns an animal that may be brought as an offering to the Lord, any such that may be given to the Lord shall be holy.
10 And cannot be changed: that is to say, neither a better for a worse, nor a worse for a better. And if he shall change it: both that which was changed, and that for which it was changed, shall be consecrated to the Lord.
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Another shall not be exchanged or substituted for it, either good for bad or bad for good; and if one animal is substituted for another, both that one and its substitute shall be holy.
11 An unclean beast, which cannot be sacrificed to the Lord, if any man shall vow, shall be brought before the priest:
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If it concerns any unclean animal that may not be brought as an offering to the Lord, the animal shall be presented before the priest.
12 Who judging whether it be good or bad, shall set the price.
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The priest shall assess it: whether good or bad, according to the assessment of the priest, so it shall be.
13 Which, if he that offereth it will give, he shall add above the estimation the fifth part.
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But if it is to be redeemed, one-fifth must be added to the assessment.
14 If a man shall vow his house, and sanctify it to the Lord, the priest shall consider it, whether it be good or bad: and it shall be sold according to the price, which he shall appoint.
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If a person consecrates a house to the Lord, the priest shall assess it: whether good or bad, as the priest assesses it, so it shall stand.
15 But if he that vowed, will redeem it, he shall give the fifth part of the estimation over and above: and shall have the house.
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And if the one who consecrates the house wishes to redeem it, one-fifth shall be added to its assessed value, and it shall revert to the original owner.
16 And if he vow the field of his possession, and consecrate it to the Lord, the price shall be rated according to the measure of the seed. If the ground be sown with thirty bushels of barley, let it be sold for fifty sicles of silver.
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If a person consecrates to the Lord any inherited landholding, its assessment shall be in accordance with its seed requirements: fifty shekels of silver to a homer of barley seed.
17 If he vow his field immediately from the year of jubilee that is beginning: as much as it may be worth, at so much it shall be rated.
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If the person consecrates the field as of the year of jubilee, that assessment shall stand;
18 But if some time after, the priest shall reckon the money according to the number of years that remain until the jubilee, and the price shall be abated.
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but if the field is consecrated after the jubilee, the priest shall compute the price for it according to the years that remain until the year of jubilee, and the assessment shall be reduced.
19 And if he that had vowed, will redeem his field, he shall add the fifth part of the money of the estimation, and shall possess it.
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And if the one who consecrates the field wishes to redeem it, then one-fifth shall be added to its assessed value, and it shall revert to the original owner;
20 And if he will not redeem it, but it be sold to any other man, he that vowed it, may not redeem it any more.
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but if the field is not redeemed, or if it has been sold to someone else, it shall no longer be redeemable.
21 For when the day of jubilee cometh, it shall be sanctified to the Lord, and as a possession consecrated, pertaineth to the right of the priest.
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But when the field is released in the jubilee, it shall be holy to the Lord as a devoted field; it becomes the priest's holding.
22 If a field that was bought, and not of a man’s ancestors’ possession, be sanctified to the Lord:
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If someone consecrates to the Lord a field that has been purchased, which is not a part of the inherited landholding,
23 The priest shall reckon the price according to the number of years, unto the jubilee. And he that had vowed, shall give that to the Lord.
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the priest shall compute for it the proportionate assessment up to the year of jubilee, and the assessment shall be paid as of that day, a sacred donation to the Lord.
24 But in the jubilee, it shall return to the former owner, who had sold it, and had it in the lot of his possession.
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In the year of jubilee the field shall return to the one from whom it was bought, whose holding the land is.
25 All estimation shall be made according to the sicle of the sanctuary. A sicle hath twenty obols.
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All assessments shall be by the sanctuary shekel: twenty gerahs shall make a shekel.
26 The firstborn, which belong to the Lord, no man may sanctify and vow: whether it be bullock, or sheep, they are the Lord’s.
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A firstling of animals, however, which as a firstling belongs to the Lord, cannot be consecrated by anyone; whether ox or sheep, it is the Lord's.
27 And if it be an unclean beast, he that offereth it shall redeem it, according to thy estimation, and shall add the fifth part of the price. If he will not redeem it, it shall be sold to another for how much soever it was estimated by thee.
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If it is an unclean animal, it shall be ransomed at its assessment, with one-fifth added; if it is not redeemed, it shall be sold at its assessment.
28 Any thing that is devoted to the Lord, whether it be man, or beast, or field, shall not be sold: neither may it be redeemed. Whatsoever is once consecrated shall be holy of holies to the Lord.
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Nothing that a person owns that has been devoted to destruction for the Lord, be it human or animal, or inherited landholding, may be sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy to the Lord.
29 And any consecration that is offered by man, shall not be redeemed, but dying shall die.
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No human beings who have been devoted to destruction can be ransomed; they shall be put to death.
30 All tithes of the land, whether of corn, or of the fruits of trees, are the Lord’s, and are sanctified to him.
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All tithes from the land, whether the seed from the ground or the fruit from the tree, are the Lord's; they are holy to the Lord.
31 And if any man will redeem his tithes, he shall add the fifth part of them.
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If persons wish to redeem any of their tithes, they must add one-fifth to them.
32 Of all the tithes of oxen, and sheep, and goats, that pass under the shepherd’s rod, every tenth that cometh shall be sanctified to the Lord.
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All tithes of herd and flock, every tenth one that passes under the shepherd's staff, shall be holy to the Lord.
33 It shall not be chosen neither good nor bad, neither shall it be changed for another. If any man change it: both that which was changed, and that for which it was changed, shall be sanctified to the Lord, and shall not be redeemed.
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Let no one inquire whether it is good or bad, or make substitution for it; if one makes substitution for it, then both it and the substitute shall be holy and cannot be redeemed.
34 These are the precepts which the Lord commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.
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These are the commandments that the Lord gave to Moses for the people of Israel on Mount Sinai.
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