Leviticus 27
New King James Version

Redeeming Persons and Property Dedicated to God

27 Now theLordspoke to Moses, saying,²“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them:^(A)‘When a man^[a]consecrates by a vow certain persons to theLord, according to your^[b]valuation,³if 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.⁴If itisa female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels;⁵and 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;⁶and 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;⁷and if from sixty years old and above, ifit isa 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‘Ifit isan animal that men may bring as an offering to theLord, all thatanyonegives to theLordshall be holy.¹⁰He 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.¹¹Ifit isan unclean animal which they do not offer as a sacrifice to theLord, then he shall present the animal before the priest;¹²and 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 hewantsat alltoredeem it, then he must add one-fifth to your valuation.

¹⁴‘And when a man^[c]dedicates his houseto beholy to theLord, then the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall stand.¹⁵If he who dedicated itwants to^[d]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^[e]dedicates to theLordpartof a field of his possession, then your valuation shall be according to the seed for it. A homer of barley seedshall be valuedat fifty shekels of silver.¹⁷If he dedicates his field from the Year of Jubilee, according to your valuation it shall stand.¹⁸But 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.¹⁹And 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.²⁰But 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;²¹but the field,^(G)when it is released in the Jubilee, shall be holy to theLord, as a^(H)devoted field; it shall be^(I)the possession of the priest.

²²‘And if a man dedicates to theLorda field which he has bought, which is not the field of^(J)his possession,²³then 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 dayasa holyofferingto theLord.²⁴^(K)In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, to the one whoownedthe land as a possession.²⁵And 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 theLord’s firstborn, no man shall dedicate; whetherit isan ox or sheep, itistheLord’s.²⁷And ifit isan unclean animal, then he shall redeemitaccording 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^[f]devotedofferingthat a man may devote to theLordof all that he has,bothman and beast, or the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed; every devotedoffering ismost holy to theLord.²⁹^(P)No person under the ban, who may become doomed to destruction among men, shall be redeemed,butshall surely be put to death.³⁰And^(Q)all the tithe of the land,whetherof the seed of the landorof the fruit of the tree,istheLord’s. Itisholy to theLord.³¹^(R)If a man wants at all to redeemanyof his tithes, he shall add one-fifth to it.³²And concerning the tithe of the herd or the flock, of whatever^(S)passes under the rod, the tenth one shall be holy to theLord.³³He 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.’ ”