Again, the LORD spoke
to Moses
, saying
,
"Speak to the sons
of Israel
and say
to them, ` aWhen
a man
makes
a difficult
vow
, he shall be valued according to your valuation
of persons
belonging to the LORD
.
`If your valuation is of the male
from twenty
years
even to sixty
years
old
, then your valuation
shall be fifty
shekels
of silver
, after athe shekel
of the sanctuary
.
`Or if it is a female
, then your valuation
shall be thirty
shekels
.
`If it be from five
years
even to twenty
years
old
then your valuation
for the male
shall be twenty
shekels
and for the female
ten
shekels
.
`But if they are from a month
even up to five
years
old
, then your valuation
shall be afive
shekels
of silver
for the male
, and for the female
your valuation
shall be three
shekels
of silver
.
`If they are from sixty
years
old
and upward
, if
it is a male
, then your valuation
shall be fifteen
shekels
, and for the female
ten
shekels
.
`But if he is poorer
than
your valuation
, then he shall be placed
before
the priest
and the priest
shall value
him; aaccording
to 1the means
of the one who vowed
, the priest
shall value
him.
`Now if it is an animal
of the kind which
1men can present
as an offering
to the LORD
, any
such
that one gives
to the LORD
shall be holy
.
` aHe shall not replace it or exchange
it, a good
for a bad
, or
a bad
for a good
; or if
he does
exchange
animal
for animal
, then both it and its substitute
shall become
holy
.
`If, however, it is any
unclean
animal
of the kind which
1men do not present
as an offering
to the LORD
, then he shall place
the animal
before
the priest
.
`The priest shall value
it 1as either
good
or
bad
; as you, the priest
, value
it, so
it shall be.
`But if he should ever
wish to redeem
it, then he shall add
one-fifth
of it to your valuation
.
`Now if a man
consecrates
his house
as holy
to the LORD
, then the priest
shall value
it 1as either
good
or
bad
; as the priest
values
it, so
it shall stand
.
`Yet if the one who consecrates
it should wish to redeem
his house
, then he shall add
one-fifth
of your valuation
price
to it, so that it may be his.
`Again, if a man
consecrates
to the LORD
part of the fields
of his own property
, then your valuation
shall be 1proportionate
to the seed
needed for it: a homer
of barley
seed
at fifty
shekels
of silver
.
`If he consecrates
his field
as of the year
of jubilee
, according to your valuation
it shall stand
.
`If he consecrates
his field
after
the jubilee
, however, then the priest
shall calculate
the price
for 1him 2proportionate
to the years
that are left
until
the year
of jubilee
; and it shall be deducted
from your valuation
.
`If the one who consecrates
it should ever
wish to redeem
the field
, then he shall add
one-fifth
of your valuation
price
to it, so that it may pass
to him.
`Yet if he will not redeem
the field
, 1but has sold
the field
to another
man
, it may no
longer
be redeemed
;
and when it 1reverts in the jubilee
, the field
shall be holy
to the LORD
, like a field
2set
apart
; ait shall be for the priest
as his 3property
.
`Or if he consecrates
to the LORD
a field
which he has bought
, which
is not a part of the field
of his own 1property
,
then the priest shall calculate
for 1him the amount
of your valuation
up to the year
of jubilee
; and he shall on that day
give
your valuation
as holy
to the LORD
.
`In the year of jubilee
the field
shall return
to the one from whom
he bought
it, to whom
the possession
of the land
belongs.
`Every valuation
of yours, moreover, shall be after athe shekel
of the sanctuary
. The shekel
shall be twenty
gerahs
.
` aHowever, a firstborn
among animals
, which
as a firstborn
belongs to the LORD
, no
man
may consecrate
it; whether
ox
or
sheep
, it is the LORD'S
.
`But if it is among the unclean
animals
, then he shall 1redeem
it according to your valuation
and add
to it one-fifth
of it; and if
it is not redeemed
, then it shall be sold
according to your valuation
.
`Nevertheless, aanything
which
a man
1sets
apart
to the LORD
out of all
that he has, of man
or animal
or of the fields
of his own property
, shall not be sold
or redeemed
. Anything
2devoted
to destruction
is most
holy
to the LORD
.
`No 1one
who
may have been 2set
apart
among
men
shall be ransomed
; he shall surely
be put
to death
.
`Thus aall the tithe
of the land
, of the seed
of the land
or of the fruit
of the tree
, is the LORD'S
; it is holy
to the LORD
.
`If, therefore, a man
wishes
to redeem
part of his tithe
, he shall add
to it one-fifth
of it.
`For every tenth
part
of herd
or flock
, whatever
apasses
under
the rod
, the tenth
one shall be holy
to the LORD
.
` aHe is not to be concerned whether
it is good
or bad
, nor
shall he exchange
it; or if
he does
exchange
it, then both it and its substitute
shall become
holy
. It shall not be redeemed
.' "
aThese are the commandments
which
the LORD
commanded
Moses
for the sons
of Israel
at Mount
Sinai
.