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1 The
LORD spoke to
Moses, saying,
2 “Speak
to the children
of Israel, and
say to them, ‘When
a man consecrates
a person to
the LORD in
a vow, according
to your valuation,
3 your
valuation of a
male from twenty
years old to
sixty years old
shall be fifty
shekels of silver,
according to the
shekel
of the sanctuary.
4 If
she is a
female, then your
valuation shall be
thirty shekels.
5 If
the person is from
five years old
to twenty years
old, then your
valuation shall be
for a male
twenty shekels,
and for a
female ten shekels.
6 If
the person is from
a month old
to five years
old, then your
valuation shall be
for a male
five shekels of
silver, and for
a female your
valuation shall be
three shekels of
silver.
7 If
the person is from
sixty years old
and upward; if
he is a
male, then your
valuation shall be
fifteen shekels,
and for a
female ten shekels.
8 But
if he is
poorer than your
valuation, then he
shall be set
before the priest,
and the priest
shall assign a
value to him.
The priest
shall assign a
value according to
his ability to pay.
9 “ ‘If
it is an
animal of which
men offer an
offering to the
LORD, all that
any man gives
of such to
the LORD becomes
holy.
10 He
shall not alter
it, nor exchange
it, a good
for a bad,
or a bad
for a good.
If he shall
at all exchange
animal for animal,
then both it and
that for which
it is exchanged
shall be holy.
11 If it
is any
unclean animal, of
which they do
not offer as
an offering to
the LORD, then
he shall set
the animal before
the priest;
12 and
the priest
shall evaluate it, whether
it is good
or bad. As
the priest evaluates
it, so it
shall be.
13 But if
he will indeed
redeem it, then
he shall add
the fifth part
of it to
its valuation.
14 “ ‘When
a man dedicates
his house to
be holy to
the LORD, then
the priest
shall evaluate it, whether
it is good
or bad. As
the priest evaluates
it, so it
shall stand.
15 If
he who dedicates it
will redeem his
house, then he
shall add the
fifth part of
the money of
your valuation to
it, and it
shall be his.
16 “ ‘If
a man dedicates to
the LORD part of
the field of
his possession,
then your
valuation shall be
according to the
seed for it.
The sowing of
a homer
of barley 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
reckon to him
the money
according to the
years that remain
to the Year
of Jubilee; and
an abatement shall
be made from
your valuation.
19 If he who
dedicated the
field will indeed
redeem it, then
he shall add
the fifth part
of the money
of your valuation
to it, and
it shall remain
his.
20 If he
will not redeem
the field, or if
he has sold
the field to
another man, it
shall not be
redeemed any more;
21 but
the field, when
it goes out
in the Jubilee,
shall be holy
to the LORD,
as a devoted
field. It shall
be owned by the
priests.
22 “ ‘If
he dedicates a
field to the
LORD which he
has bought, which
is not of
the field of
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 thing
to the LORD.
24 In
the Year of
Jubilee the field
shall return to
him from whom it
was bought, even
to him to whom
the possession of
the land belongs.
25 All
your valuations shall be according
to the shekel
of the sanctuary:
twenty gerahs
to the shekel.
26 “ ‘However
the firstborn
among animals, which belongs
to the LORD
as a firstborn,
no man may
dedicate, whether an
ox or a
sheep. It is
the LORD’s.
27 If it
is an
unclean animal, then
he shall buy
it back according
to your valuation,
and shall add
to it the
fifth part of
it; or if it isn’t
redeemed, then it
shall be sold
according to your
valuation.
28 “ ‘Notwithstanding,
no devoted thing
that a man devotes
to the LORD
of all that
he has, whether of
man or animal, or
of the field
of his possession,
shall be sold
or redeemed.
Everything that
is permanently devoted
is most holy
to the LORD.
29 “ ‘No
one devoted to
destruction, who
shall be devoted
from among men,
shall be ransomed.
He shall surely
be put to
death.
30 “ ‘All
the 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
redeems anything of
his tithe, he
shall add a
fifth part to
it.
32 All
the tithe of
the herds or
the flocks,
whatever passes
under the rod,
the tenth shall
be holy to
the LORD.
33 He
shall not
examine whether it
is good or
bad, neither shall
he exchange it.
If he exchanges
it at all,
then both it and
that for which
it is exchanged
shall be holy.
It shall not
be redeemed.’ ”
34 These are
the commandments
which the LORD
commanded Moses
for the children
of Israel on
Mount Sinai.