Laws About Vows

Leviticus 27

1 Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: a 'When a man 1 consecrates by a vow certain persons to the LORD, according to your 2 valuation, 3 'if your valuation is of a male from twenty years old up to sixty years old, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, b according to the shekel of the sanctuary. 4 'If it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels; 5 'and if from five years old up to twenty years old, then your valuation for a male shall be twenty shekels, and for a female ten shekels; 6 'and if from a month old up to five years old, then your valuation for a male shall be five shekels of silver, and for a female your valuation shall be three shekels of silver; 7 'and if from sixty years old and above, if it is a male, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels, and for a female ten shekels. 8 'But if he is too poor to pay your valuation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall set a value for c him; according to the ability of him who vowed, the priest shall value him.

9 'If it is an animal that men may bring as an offering to the LORD, all that anyone gives to the LORD shall be holy. 10 'He shall not substitute it or exchange it, good for bad or bad for good; and if he at all exchanges animal for animal, then both it and the one exchanged for it shall be d holy. 11 'If it is an unclean animal which they do not offer as a sacrifice to the LORD, then he shall present the animal before the priest; 12 'and the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad; as you, the priest, value it, so it shall be. 13 e 'But if he wants at all to redeem it, then he must add one-fifth to your valuation.

14 'And when a man 3 dedicates his house to be holy to the LORD, then the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall stand. 15 'If he who dedicated it wants to 4 redeem his house, then he must add one-fifth of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall be his.

16 'If a man 5 dedicates to the LORD part of a field of his possession, then your valuation shall be according to the seed for it. A homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. 17 'If he dedicates his field from the Year of Jubilee, according to your valuation it shall stand. 18 'But if he dedicates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall f reckon to him the money due according to the years that remain till the Year of Jubilee, and it shall be deducted from your valuation. 19 'And if he who dedicates the field ever wishes to redeem it, then he must add one-fifth of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall belong to him. 20 'But if he does not want to redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed anymore; 21 'but the field, g when it is released in the Jubilee, shall be holy to the LORD, as a h devoted field; it shall be i the possession of the priest. 22 'And if a man dedicates to the LORD a field which he has bought, which is not the field of j his possession, 23 'then the priest shall reckon to him the worth of your valuation, up to the Year of Jubilee, and he shall give your valuation on that day as a holy offering to the LORD. 24 k 'In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, to the one who owned the land as a possession. 25 'And all your valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: l twenty gerahs to the shekel.

26 'But the m firstborn of the animals, which should be the LORD's firstborn, no man shall dedicate; whether it is an ox or sheep, it is the LORD's. 27 'And if it is an unclean animal, then he shall redeem it according to your valuation, and n shall add one-fifth to it; or if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.

28 o 'Nevertheless no 6 devoted offering that a man may devote to the LORD of all that he has, both man and beast, or the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted offering is most holy to the LORD. 29 p 'No person under the ban, who may become doomed to destruction among men, shall be redeemed, but shall surely be put to death.

30 'And q all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD's. It is holy to the LORD. 31 r 'If a man wants at all to redeem any of his tithes, he shall add one-fifth to it. 32 'And concerning the tithe of the herd or the flock, of whatever s passes under the rod, the tenth one shall be holy to the LORD. 33 'He shall not inquire whether it is good or bad, t nor shall he exchange it; and if he exchanges it at all, then both it and the one exchanged for it shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.' "

34 u These are the commandments which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel on Mount v Sinai.

  1. Cross References
    Leviticus 7:16
    But if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow o...
    Numbers 6:2
    Speak to the children of Israel, and say to the...
    Deuteronomy 23:21 - 23
    When you make a vow to the LORD your God, you s...
    Judges 11:30
    And Jephthah made a vow to the LORD, and said, ...
    Judges 11:31
    "then it will be that whatever comes out of the...
    Judges 11:39
    And it was so at the end of two months that she...
  2. Cross References
    Exodus 30:13
    This is what everyone among those who are numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (a shekel is twenty gerahs). The half-shekel shall be an offering to the LORD.
    Leviticus 27:25
    And all your valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs to the shekel.
    Numbers 3:47
    You shall take five shekels for each one individually; you shall take them in the currency of the shekel of the sanctuary, the shekel of twenty gerahs.
    Numbers 18:16
    And those redeemed of the devoted things you shall redeem when one month old, according to your valuation, for five shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
  3. Cross References
    Leviticus 5:11
    But if he is not able to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then he who sinned shall bring for his offering one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a sin offering. He shall put no oil on it, nor shall he put frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.
    Leviticus 14:21 - 24
    But if he is poor and cannot afford it, then he shall take one male lamb as a trespass offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, a log of oil.
  4. Cross References
    Leviticus 27:33
    'He shall not inquire whether it is good or bad, nor shall he exchange it; and if he exchanges it at all, then both it and the one exchanged for it shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.'"
  5. Cross References
    Leviticus 6:5
    Or all that about which he has sworn falsely. He shall restore its full value, add one-fifth more to it, and give it to whomever it belongs, on the day of his trespass offering.
    Leviticus 22:14
    And if a man eats the holy offering unintentionally, then he shall restore a holy offering to the priest, and add one-fifth to it.
    Leviticus 27:15
    If he who dedicated it wants to redeem his house, then he must add one-fifth of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall be his.
    Leviticus 27:19
    And if he who dedicates the field ever wishes to redeem it, then he must add one-fifth of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall belong to him.
  6. Cross References
    Leviticus 25:15
    According to the number of years after the Jubilee you shall buy from your neighbor, and according to the number of years of crops he shall sell to you.
    Leviticus 25:16
    According to the multitude of years you shall increase its price, and according to the fewer number of years you shall diminish its price; for he sells to you according to the number of the years of the crops.
    Leviticus 25:28
    But if he is not able to have it restored to himself, then what was sold shall remain in the hand of him who bought it until the Year of Jubilee; and in the Jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his possession.
  7. Cross References
    Leviticus 25:10
    And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a Jubilee for you; and each of you shall return to his possession, and each of you shall return to his family.
    Leviticus 25:28
    But if he is not able to have it restored to himself, then what was sold shall remain in the hand of him who bought it until the Year of Jubilee; and in the Jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his possession.
    Leviticus 25:31
    However the houses of villages which have no wall around them shall be counted as the fields of the country. They may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.
  8. Cross References
    Leviticus 27:28
    Nevertheless no devoted offering that a man may devote to the LORD of all that he has, both man and beast, or the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted offering is most holy to the LORD.
  9. 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 trespass offering; every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.
  10. Cross References
    Leviticus 25:10
    And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a Jubilee for you; and each of you shall return to his possession, and each of you shall return to his family.
    Leviticus 25:25
    If one of your brethren becomes poor, and has sold some of his possession, and if his redeeming relative comes to redeem it, then he may redeem what his brother sold.
  11. Cross References
    Leviticus 25:10 - 13
    And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a Jubilee for you; and each of you shall return to his possession, and each of you shall return to his family.
    Leviticus 25:28
    But if he is not able to have it restored to himself, then what was sold shall remain in the hand of him who bought it until the Year of Jubilee; and in the Jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his possession.
  12. Cross References
    Exodus 30:13
    This is what everyone among those who are numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (a shekel is twenty gerahs). The half-shekel shall be an offering to the LORD.
    Leviticus 27:3
    If your valuation is of a male from twenty years old up to sixty years old, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
    Numbers 3:47
    You shall take five shekels for each one individually; you shall take them in the currency of the shekel of the sanctuary, the shekel of twenty gerahs.
    Numbers 18:16
    And those redeemed of the devoted things you shall redeem when one month old, according to your valuation, for five shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
    Ezekiel 45:12
    The shekel shall be twenty gerahs; twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, and fifteen shekels shall be your mina.
  13. Cross References
    Exodus 13:2
    "Consecrate to Me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and beast; it is Mine."
    Exodus 13:12
    That you shall set apart to the LORD all that open the womb, that is, every firstborn that comes from an animal which you have; the males shall be the LORD's.
    Exodus 22:30
    Likewise you shall do with your oxen and your sheep. It shall be with its mother seven days; on the eighth day you shall give it to Me.
  14. Cross References
    Leviticus 27:11
    If it is an unclean animal which they do not offer as a sacrifice to the LORD, then he shall present the animal before the priest.
    Leviticus 27:12
    And the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad; as you, the priest, value it, so it shall be.
  15. Cross References
    Leviticus 27:21
    But the field, when it is released in the Jubilee, shall be holy to the LORD, as a devoted field; it shall be the possession of the priest.
    Numbers 18:14
    Every devoted thing in Israel shall be yours.
    Joshua 6:17 - 19
    Now the city shall be doomed by the LORD to destruction, it and all who are in it. Only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
  16. Cross References
    Numbers 21:2
    So Israel made a vow to the LORD, and said, "If You will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
  17. Cross References
    Genesis 28:22
    "And this stone which I have set as a pillar sh...
    Numbers 18:21
    Behold, I have given the children of Levi all t...
    Numbers 18:24
    "For the tithes of the children of Israel, whic...
    2 Chronicles 31:5
    As soon as the commandment was circulated, the ...
    2 Chronicles 31:6
    And the children of Israel and Judah, who dwelt...
    2 Chronicles 12:1
    Now it came to pass, when Rehoboam had establis...
    Nehemiah 13:12
    Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain a...
    Malachi 3:8
    Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But...
  18. Cross References
    Leviticus 27:13
    But if he wants at all to redeem it, then he must add one-fifth to your valuation.
  19. Cross References
    Jeremiah 33:13
    In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the lowland, in the cities of the South, in the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks shall again pass under the hands of him who counts them, ' says the LORD.
    Ezekiel 20:37
    I will make you pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.
    Micah 7:14
    Shepherd Your people with Your staff, The flock of Your heritage, Who dwell solitarily in a woodland, In the midst of Carmel; Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, As in days of old.
  20. Cross References
    Leviticus 27:10
    He shall not substitute it or exchange it, good for bad or bad for good; and if he at all exchanges animal for animal, then both it and the one exchanged for it shall be holy.
  21. Cross References
    Leviticus 26:46
    These are the statutes and judgments and laws which the LORD made between Himself and the children of Israel on Mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.
    Deuteronomy 4:5
    Surely I have taught you statutes and judgments, just as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should act according to them in the land which you go to possess.
    Malachi 4:4
    Remember the Law of Moses, My servant, Which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel, With the statutes and judgments.
  22. Cross References
    Exodus 19:1 - 6
    In the third month after the children of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on the same day, they came to the Wilderness of Sinai.
    Exodus 19:25
    So Moses went down to the people and spoke to them.
    Hebrews 12:18 - 29
    For you have not come to the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness and darkness and tempest.
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