Leviticus 27 (GLT)

1And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,Then the LORD said to Moses,

2“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them,‘If a man vows a vow according to your valuation of persons to Yahweh,“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘When someone makes a special vow to the LORD involving the value of persons,

3then your valuation will be for a male from a son of 20 years and up to a son of 60 years and your valuation must be 50 shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the holy place.if the valuation concerns a male from twenty to sixty years of age, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel.

4And if she is a female, then your valuation must be 30 shekels.Or if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.

5And if from a son of five years and up to a son of 20 years, then your valuation for the male must be 20 shekels, and for the female ten shekels.And if the person is from five to twenty years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

6And if from a son of a month and up to a son of five years, then your valuation for the male must be five shekels of silver, and for the female your valuation of three shekels of silver.Now if the person is from one month to five years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be five shekels of silver, and for the female three shekels of silver.

7And if from a son of 60 years and up, if a male, then your valuation must be 15 shekels, and for the female ten shekels.And if the person is sixty years of age or older, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels for the male and ten shekels for the female.

8And if he is poorer than your valuation, then he must present himself to the face of the priest, and the priest will value him. According to what the hand of the one making the vow produces the priest will value him.But if the one making the vow is too poor to pay the valuation, he is to present the person before the priest, who shall set the value according to what the one making the vow can afford.

9And if it is an animal from which they offer an offering to Yahweh, all that he gives from them to Yahweh will be set apart.If he vows an animal that may be brought as an offering to the LORD, any such animal given to the LORD shall be holy.

10He must not replace it and he must not exchange it, a good one for a bad one or a bad for a good. And if he exchanges at all an animal for an animal, then it will be and the exchanged one will be set apart.He must not replace it or exchange it, either good for bad or bad for good. But if he does substitute one animal for another, both that animal and its substitute will be holy.

11And if any animal is unclean from which an offering must not be offered to Yahweh, then he must present the animal to the face of the priest.But if the vow involves any of the unclean animals that may not be brought as an offering to the LORD, the animal must be presented before the priest.

12And the priest will set its value as either good or bad. According to the valuation of you, the priest, thus will it be.The priest shall set its value, whether high or low; as the priest values it, the price will be set.

13And if he ever redeems it, then he must add its fifth in addition to your valuation.If, however, the owner decides to redeem the animal, he must add a fifth to its value.

14And when a man sets apart his house as a holy thing to Yahweh, then the priest will set its value as either good or bad. As the priest values it, so it will stand.Now if a man consecrates his house as holy to the LORD, then the priest shall value it either as good or bad. The price will stand just as the priest values it.

15And if the one who set it apart redeems his house, then he must add a fifth of the silver of your valuation to it, and it will belong to him.But if he who consecrated his house redeems it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value, and it will belong to him.

16And if a man sets apart part of the field of his property to Yahweh, then your valuation will be in proportion to its seed— a homer of barley seed for 50 shekels of silver.If a man consecrates to the LORD a parcel of his land, then your valuation shall be proportional to the seed required for it—fifty shekels of silver for every homer of barley seed.

17If he sets apart his field during the Year of Jubilee, according to your valuation it will stand.If he consecrates his field during the Year of Jubilee, the price will stand according to your valuation.

18And if he sets apart his field after the Jubilee, then the priest must calculate for it the silver according to the years remaining until the Year of Jubilee, and it must be reduced from your valuation.But if he consecrates his field after the Jubilee, the priest is to calculate the price in proportion to the years left until the next Year of Jubilee, so that your valuation will be reduced.

19And if he who set it apart ever redeems the field, then he must add a fifth of the silver of your valuation to it, and it will belong to him.And if the one who consecrated the field decides to redeem it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value, and it shall belong to him.

20And if he does not redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it cannot be redeemed again.If, however, he does not redeem the field, or if he has sold it to another man, it may no longer be redeemed.

21And the field will be, when it goes out in the Jubilee, a holy thing to Yahweh, like the field that has been dedicated by ban. It will belong to the priest as his property.When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the LORD; it becomes the property of the priests.

22And if he sets apart to Yahweh a field of his acquisition that is not part of the field of his property,Now if a man consecrates to the LORD a field he has purchased, which is not a part of his own property,

23then the priest will calculate for him the amount of your valuation up to the Year of Jubilee, and the man must give your valuation on that day as a holy thing to Yahweh.then the priest shall calculate for him the value up to the Year of Jubilee, and the man shall pay the assessed value on that day as a sacred offering to the LORD.

24In the Year of Jubilee, the field will return to whom he bought it from, to whom belongs the posession of the land.In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to the one from whom it was bought—the original owner of the land.

25And all your valuations must be by the shekel of the holy place; 20 gerahs must be the shekel.Every valuation will be according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.

26Surely the firstborn which belongs as firstborn to Yahweh among animals, a man must not set it apart. Whether ox or sheep, it belongs to Yahweh.But no one may consecrate a firstborn of the livestock, because a firstborn belongs to the LORD. Whether it is an ox or a sheep, it is the LORD’s.

27And if it is among the unclean animals, then he may buy it back according to your valuation, and he must add its fifth to it. And if it is not redeemed, then it will be sold at your valuation.But if it is among the unclean animals, then he may redeem it according to your valuation and add a fifth of its value. If it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.

28Surely any dedicated thing that a man dedicates to Yahweh, from all that belongs to him, from human or animal, or from the field of his property, must not be sold and must not be redeemed. Every dedicated thing, it is the holiest holy thing to Yahweh.Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.

29Every dedicated one who is dedicated from mankind must not be ransomed. He must surely be put to death.No person set apart for destruction may be ransomed; he must surely be put to death.

30And all the tithe of the land, from the seed of the land and from the fruit of the tree, belongs to Yahweh. It is holy to Yahweh.Thus any tithe from the land, whether from the seed of the land or the fruit of the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD.

31And if a man ever redeems some of his tenth, he must add its fifth in addition to it.If a man wishes to redeem part of his tithe, he must add a fifth to its value.

32As for every tenth of the herd or the flock, anything that passes under the rod, the tenth must be set apart to Yahweh.Every tenth animal from the herd or flock that passes under the shepherd’s rod will be holy to the LORD.

33He must not seek to distinguish between good and bad, and he must not exchange it. And if he exchanges it at all, then it will be and its substitute will be set apart. It must not be redeemed.’”He must not inspect whether it is good or bad, and he shall not make any substitution. But if he does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute shall become holy; they cannot be redeemed.’”

34These are the commandments that Yahweh commanded Moses for the sons of Israel at Mount Sinai.These are the commandments that the LORD gave to Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.

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