Leviticus 27

Laws About Vows

1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, If anyone o makes a special vow to the Lord involving the valuation of persons, 3 then the valuation of a male from twenty years old up to sixty years old shall be fifty shekels 1 of silver, according to the p shekel of the sanctuary. 4 If the person is a female, the valuation shall be thirty shekels. 5 If the person is from five years old up to twenty years old, the valuation shall be for a male twenty shekels, and for a female ten shekels. 6 If the person is from a month old up to five years old, the valuation shall be for a male five shekels of silver, and for a female the valuation shall be three shekels of silver. 7 And if the person is sixty years old or over, then the valuation for a male shall be fifteen shekels, and for a female ten shekels. 8 And if someone is too poor to pay the valuation, then he shall be made to stand before the priest, and the priest shall value him; the priest shall value him according to what the vower can afford.

9 "If the vow 2 is an animal that may be offered as an offering to the Lord, all of it that he gives to the Lord is holy. 10 q He shall not exchange it or make a substitute for it, good for bad, or bad for good; and if he does in fact substitute one animal for another, then both it and the substitute shall be holy. 11 And if it is any unclean animal that may not be offered as an offering to the Lord, then he shall stand the animal before the priest, 12 and the priest shall value it as either good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall be. 13 r But if he wishes to redeem it, he shall add a s fifth to the valuation.

14 "When a man dedicates his house as a holy gift to the Lord, the priest shall value it as either good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall stand. 15 t And if the donor wishes to redeem his house, he shall add a s fifth to the valuation price, and it shall be his.

16 "If a man dedicates to the Lord part of the land that is his possession, then the valuation shall be in proportion to its seed. A homer 3 of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. 17 If he dedicates his field from the year of jubilee, the valuation shall stand, 18 but if he dedicates his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall u calculate the price according to the years that remain until the year of jubilee, and a deduction shall be made from the valuation. 19 v And if he who dedicates the field wishes to redeem it, then he shall add a s fifth to its valuation price, and it shall remain his. 20 But if he does not wish to redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed anymore. 21 But the field, w when it is released in the jubilee, shall be a holy gift to the Lord, like a field that has been x devoted. The priest shall be in y possession of it. 22 If he dedicates to the Lord a field that he has bought, z which is not a part of his possession, 23 a then the priest shall calculate the amount of the valuation for it up to the year of jubilee, and the man shall give the valuation on that day as a holy gift to the Lord. 24 b In the year of jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, to whom the land belongs as a possession. 25 Every valuation shall be according to c the shekel of the sanctuary: d twenty gerahs 4 shall make a shekel.

26 "But a e firstborn of animals, which as a firstborn belongs to the Lord, no man may dedicate; whether ox or sheep, it is the Lord's. 27 And if it is an unclean animal, then he shall buy it back at the valuation, f and add a fifth to it; or, if it is not redeemed, it shall be sold at the valuation.

28 "But g no devoted thing that a man devotes to the Lord, of anything that he has, whether man or beast, or of his inherited field, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy to the Lord. 29 h No one devoted, who is to be devoted for destruction 5 from mankind, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.

30 i "Every tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the Lord's; it is holy to the Lord. 31 If a man wishes to redeem some of his tithe, he shall add a fifth to it. 32 And every tithe of herds and flocks, every tenth animal of all that j pass under the herdsman's staff, shall be holy to the Lord. 33 One shall not differentiate between good or bad, k neither shall he make a substitute for it; and if he does substitute for it, then both it and the substitute shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed."

34 l These are the commandments that the Lord commanded Moses for the people of Israel m on Mount Sinai.

  1. Cross References
    Judges 11:30 - 31
    And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord and said, "If you will give the Ammonites into my hand.
    Judges 11:39
    And at the end of two months, she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow that he had made. She had never known a man, and it became a custom in Israel
    1 Samuel 1:11
    And she vowed a vow and said, "O Lord of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your servant and remember me and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall touch his head.
    1 Samuel 1:28
    Therefore I have lent him to the Lord. As long as he lives, he is lent to the Lord." And he worshiped the Lord there.
    Numbers 30:1
    Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the people of Israel, saying, "This is what the Lord has commanded.
  2. Cross References
    Leviticus 27:25
    Every valuation shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall make a shekel.
    Exodus 30:13
    Each one who is numbered in the census shall give this: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as an offering to the Lord.
  3. Cross References
    Leviticus 27:33
    One shall not differentiate between good or bad, neither shall he make a substitute for it; and if he does substitute for it, then both it and the substitute shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.
  4. Cross References
    Leviticus 27:15
    And if the donor wishes to redeem his house, he shall add a fifth to the valuation price, and it shall be his.
    Leviticus 27:19
    And if he who dedicates the field wishes to redeem it, then he shall add a fifth to its valuation price, and it shall remain his.
  5. Cross References
    Leviticus 22:14
    And if anyone eats of a holy thing unintentionally, he shall add the fifth of its value to it and give the holy thing to the priest.
  6. Cross References
    Leviticus 27:13
    But if he wishes to redeem it, he shall add a fifth to the valuation.
  7. Cross References
    Leviticus 27:13
    But if he wishes to redeem it, he shall add a fifth to the valuation.
  8. Cross References
    Leviticus 27:23
    Then the priest shall calculate the amount of the valuation for it up to the year of jubilee, and the man shall give the valuation on that day as a holy gift to the Lord.
    Leviticus 25:15 - 16
    You shall pay your neighbor according to the number of years after the jubilee, and he shall sell to you according to the number of years for crops.
  9. Cross References
    Leviticus 27:13
    But if he wishes to redeem it, he shall add a fifth to the valuation.
  10. Cross References
    Leviticus 27:13
    But if he wishes to redeem it, he shall add a fifth to the valuation.
  11. Cross References
    Leviticus 25:28
    But if he has not sufficient means to recover it, then what he sold shall remain in the hand of the buyer until the year of jubilee. In the jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his property.
    Leviticus 25:30 - 31
    If it is not redeemed within a full year, then the house in the walled city shall belong in perpetuity to the buyer, throughout his generations; it shall not be released in the jubilee.
    Leviticus 25:33
    And if one of the Levites exercises his right of redemption, then the house that was sold in a city they possess shall be released in the jubilee. For the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the people of Israel.
    Leviticus 25:41
    Then he shall go out from you, he and his children with him, and go back to his own clan and return to the possession of his fathers.
  12. Cross References
    Leviticus 27:28
    But no devoted thing that a man devotes to the Lord, of anything that he has, whether man or beast, or of his inherited field, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy to the Lord.
  13. Cross References
    Numbers 18:14
    Every devoted thing in Israel shall be yours.
    Ezekiel 44:29
    They shall eat the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs.
  14. Cross References
    Leviticus 25:10
    And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you, when each of you shall return to his property and each of you shall return to his clan.
    Leviticus 25:25
    If your brother becomes poor and sells part of his property, then his nearest redeemer shall come and redeem what his brother has sold.
  15. Cross References
    Leviticus 27:18
    But if he dedicates his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall calculate the price according to the years that remain until the year of jubilee, and a deduction shall be made from the valuation.
  16. Cross References
    Leviticus 25:28
    But if he has not sufficient means to recover it, then what he sold shall remain in the hand of the buyer until the year of jubilee. In the jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his property.
  17. Cross References
    Leviticus 27:3
    Then the valuation of a male from twenty years old up to sixty years old shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
  18. Cross References
    Exodus 30:13
    Each one who is numbered in the census shall give this: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as an offering to the Lord.
  19. Cross References
    Exodus 13:2
    "Consecrate to me all the firstborn. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine."
  20. Cross References
    Leviticus 27:11 - 13
    And if it is any unclean animal that may not be offered as an offering to the Lord, then he shall stand the animal before the priest.
  21. Cross References
    Leviticus 27:21
    But the field, when it is released in the jubilee, shall be a holy gift to the Lord, like a field that has been devoted. The priest shall be in possession of it.
    Joshua 6:17 - 19
    And the city and all that is within it shall be devoted to the Lord for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall live, because she hid the messengers whom we sent.
    1 Samuel 15:21
    But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the best of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.
  22. Cross References
    Numbers 21:2
    And Israel vowed a vow to the Lord and said, "If you will indeed give this people into my hand, then I will devote their cities to destruction.
    Judges 11:35
    And as soon as he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, "Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you have become the cause of great trouble to me. For I have opened my mouth to the Lord, and I cannot take back my vow.
  23. Cross References
    Genesis 14:20
    And blessed be God Most High, who has delivered...
    Genesis 28:22
    And this stone, which I have set up for a pilla...
    Numbers 18:21
    To the Levites I have given every tithe in Isra...
    Numbers 18:24
    For the tithe of the people of Israel, which th...
    Deuteronomy 14:28
    At the end of every three years you shall bring...
    2 Chronicles 31:5 - 6
    As soon as the command was spread abroad, the p...
    2 Chronicles 31:12
    And they faithfully brought in the contribution...
    Nehemiah 13:12
    Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain, ...
    Malachi 3:8
    Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But y...
    Malachi 3:10
    Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that ...
  24. Cross References
    Ezekiel 20:37
    I will make you pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.
    Jeremiah 33:13
    In the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the Shephelah, and in the cities of the Negeb, in the land of Benjamin, the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, flocks shall again pass under the hands of the one who counts them, says the Lord.
  25. Cross References
    Leviticus 27:10
    He shall not exchange it or make a substitute for it, good for bad, or bad for good; and if he does in fact substitute one animal for another, then both it and the substitute shall be holy.
  26. Cross References
    Leviticus 26:46
    These are the statutes and rules and laws that the Lord made between himself and the people of Israel through Moses on Mount Sinai.
  27. Cross References
    Leviticus 25:1
    The Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying.
    Leviticus 26:46
    These are the statutes and rules and laws that the Lord made between himself and the people of Israel through Moses on Mount Sinai.
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