Leviticus 27

New International Version

Redeeming What Is theLord’s

27 TheLordsaid to Moses,² “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If anyone makes a special vow^(A)to dedicate a person to theLordby giving the equivalent value,³ set the value of a male between the ages of twenty and sixty at fifty shekels^[a]of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel^[b];^(B)4 for a female, set her value at thirty shekels^[c];⁵ for a person between the ages of five and twenty, set the value of a male at twenty shekels^[d](C)and of a female at ten shekels^[e];⁶ for a person between one month and five years, set the value of a male at five shekels^[f](D)of silver and that of a female at three shekels^[g]of silver;⁷ for a person sixty years old or more, set the value of a male at fifteen shekels^[h]and of a female at ten shekels.⁸ If anyone making the vow is too poor to pay^(E)the specified amount, the person being dedicated is to be presented to the priest, who will set the value^(F)according to what the one making the vow can afford.

⁹ “‘If what they vowed is an animal that is acceptable as an offering to theLord,^(G)such an animal given to theLordbecomes holy.^(H)10 They must not exchange it or substitute a good one for a bad one, or a bad one for a good one;^(I)if they should substitute one animal for another, both it and the substitute become holy.¹¹ If what they vowed is a ceremonially unclean animal^(J)—one that is not acceptable as an offering to theLord—the animal must be presented to the priest,¹² who will judge its quality as good or bad. Whatever value the priest then sets, that is what it will be.¹³ If the owner wishes to redeem^(K)the animal, a fifth must be added to its value.^(L)

¹⁴ “‘If anyone dedicates their house as something holy to theLord, the priest will judge its quality as good or bad. Whatever value the priest then sets, so it will remain.¹⁵ If the one who dedicates their house wishes to redeem it,^(M)they must add a fifth to its value, and the house will again become theirs.

¹⁶ “‘If anyone dedicates to theLordpart of their family land, its value is to be set according to the amount of seed required for it—fifty shekels of silver to a homer^[i]of barley seed.¹⁷ If they dedicate a field during the Year of Jubilee, the value that has been set remains.¹⁸ But if they dedicate a field after the Jubilee,^(N)the priest will determine the value according to the number of years that remain^(O)until the next Year of Jubilee, and its set value will be reduced.¹⁹ If the one who dedicates the field wishes to redeem it,^(P)they must add a fifth to its value, and the field will again become theirs.²⁰ If, however, they do not redeem the field, or if they have sold it to someone else, it can never be redeemed.²¹ When the field is released in the Jubilee,^(Q)it will become holy,^(R)like a field devoted to theLord;^(S)it will become priestly property.

²² “‘If anyone dedicates to theLorda field they have bought, which is not part of their family land,²³ the priest will determine its value up to the Year of Jubilee,^(T)and the owner must pay its value on that day as something holy to theLord.²⁴ In the Year of Jubilee the field will revert to the person from whom it was bought,^(U)the one whose land it was.²⁵ Every value is to be set according to the sanctuary shekel,^(V)twenty gerahs^(W)to the shekel.

²⁶ “‘No one, however, may dedicate the firstborn of an animal, since the firstborn already belongs to theLord;^(X)whether an ox^[j]or a sheep, it is theLord’s.²⁷ If it is one of the unclean animals,^(Y)it may be bought back at its set value, adding a fifth of the value to it. If it is not redeemed, it is to be sold at its set value.

²⁸ “‘But nothing that a person owns and devotes^[k](Z)to theLord—whether a human being or an animal or family land—may be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy^(AA)to theLord.

²⁹ “‘No person devoted to destruction^[l]may be ransomed; they are to be put to death.^(AB)

³⁰ “‘A tithe^(AC)of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to theLord; it is holy^(AD)to theLord.³¹ Whoever would redeem^(AE)any of their tithe must add a fifth of the value^(AF)to it.³² Every tithe of the herd and flock—every tenth animal that passes under the shepherd’s rod^(AG)—will be holy to theLord.³³ No one may pick out the good from the bad or make any substitution.^(AH)If anyone does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute become holy and cannot be redeemed.^(AI)’”

³⁴ These are the commands theLordgave Moses at Mount Sinai^(AJ)for the Israelites.^(AK)