Leviticus 27:4-14

4 If it is a woman, give 12 ounces.

5 For a boy from 5 to 20 years old, give 8 ounces and for a girl give 4 ounces.

6 For a boy from one month to five years old, give 2 ounces of silver and for a girl give about one ounce.

7 For a man 60 years or over, give 6 ounces and for a woman give 4 ounces.

8 But the person who is too poor to pay the required amount must stand in front of the priest. The priest will determine the amount based on what the person can afford.

9 "If [the vow] is to give the kind of animal that people offer to the LORD, it will be considered holy.

10 Don't exchange or substitute animals, a good one for a bad one or a bad one for a good one. If you do exchange one animal for another, then both animals will be holy.

11 If it is an unclean animal that cannot be brought to the LORD as an offering, bring it in front of the priest.

12 The priest will determine what its value is. The value will be whatever the priest decides.

13 If you want to buy it back, you must pay its full value plus one-fifth more.

14 "If you give your house to the LORD as something holy, the priest will determine what its value is. The value will be whatever the priest decides.

Leviticus 27:4-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVEITICUS 27

This chapter contains various laws concerning vows made unto the Lord, whether of persons whose estimation was to be made by the priest, according to their age, sex, and condition, Le 26:1-8; or of beasts, clean and unclean, good or bad, Le 26:9-13; or of houses, fields, and lands, the estimation of which was to be according to its seed, and the time of its being set apart, whether from or after the year of jubilee, and the number of years to it, Le 26:14-25; with this exception to the above laws, that no firstling of the Lord's might be sanctified, and if an unclean beast it might be redeemed, but nothing devoted to the Lord, whether of man, beast, or field, might be sold or redeemed, Le 26:26-29; and the chapter is concluded with some laws concerning the redemption or change of tithes, what might or what might not be redeemed or changed, Le 26:30-34;