Thematic Bible
Leviticus 27:1 (show verse)
Again, the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Leviticus 27:2 (show verse)
“Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘When a man makes a special vow [consecrating himself or a member of his family], he shall be valued according to your [established system of] valuation of people belonging to the Lord [that is, the priest accepts from the man making the vow a specified amount of money for the temple treasury in place of the actual person].
Leviticus 27:3 (show verse)
If your valuation is of a male between twenty and sixty years of age, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
Leviticus 27:4 (show verse)
Or if the person is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.
Leviticus 27:5 (show verse)
If the person is between five years and twenty years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be twenty shekels and for the female ten shekels.
Leviticus 27:6 (show verse)
But if the child is between one month and five years of age, then your valuation shall be five shekels of silver for the male and three shekels for the female.
Leviticus 27:7 (show verse)
If the person is sixty years old and above, your valuation shall be fifteen shekels for the male, and ten shekels for the female.
Leviticus 27:8 (show verse)
But if the person is too poor to pay your valuation, then he shall be placed before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to the ability of the one who vowed, the priest shall value him.
Leviticus 27:9 (show verse)
‘Now if it is an animal of the kind which men can present as an offering to the Lord, any such that one gives to the Lord shall be holy.
Leviticus 27:10 (show verse)
He shall not replace it or exchange it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; but if he does exchange an animal for an animal, then both the original offering and its substitute shall be holy.
Leviticus 27:11 (show verse)
If it is any unclean animal of the kind which men do not present as an offering to the Lord, then he shall bring the animal before the priest,
Leviticus 27:12 (show verse)
and the priest shall value it as either good or bad; it shall be as you, the priest, value it.
Leviticus 27:13 (show verse)
But if he ever wishes to redeem it, then he shall add one-fifth of it to your valuation.
Leviticus 27:14 (show verse)
‘If a man consecrates his house as sacred to the Lord, the priest shall appraise it as either good or bad; as the priest appraises it, so shall it stand.
Leviticus 27:15 (show verse)
If the one who consecrates his house should wish to redeem it, then he shall add one-fifth of your valuation price to it, so that it may be his.
Leviticus 27:16 (show verse)
‘And if a man consecrates to the Lord part of a field of his own property, then your valuation shall be proportionate to the seed needed for it; a homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
Leviticus 27:17 (show verse)
If he consecrates his field during the Year of Jubilee, it shall stand according to your valuation.
Leviticus 27:18 (show verse)
But if he consecrates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall calculate the price for him in proportion to the years that remain until the Year of Jubilee; and it shall be deducted from your valuation.
Leviticus 27:19 (show verse)
If the one who consecrates the field should ever wish to redeem it, then he shall add one-fifth of the appraisal price to it, so that it may return to him.
Leviticus 27:20 (show verse)
If he does not redeem the field, but has sold it to another man, it may no longer be redeemed.
Leviticus 27:21 (show verse)
When the field reverts in the Jubilee, the field shall be holy to the Lord, like a field set apart (devoted); the priest shall possess it as his property.
Feast of jubilee » Value of devoted property calculated from
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Land » Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
Priest » Benefits of » Things devoted
Priest » Benefits of » Own lands sanctified to the lord
Property » In real estate » Dedicated
Redemption » Of persons or property
Vows » Of a field
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Land » Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
Priest » Benefits of » Things devoted
Priest » Benefits of » Own lands sanctified to the lord
Property » In real estate » Dedicated
Redemption » Of persons or property
Vows » Of a field
Leviticus 27:22 (show verse)
Or if a man consecrates to the Lord a field which he has bought, which is not part of the field of his [ancestral] property,
Leviticus 27:23 (show verse)
then the priest shall calculate for him the amount of your valuation up to the Year of Jubilee; and the man shall give that [amount] on that day as a holy thing to the Lord.
Leviticus 27:24 (show verse)
In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to the one from whom it was purchased, to whom the land belonged [as his ancestral inheritance].
Leviticus 27:25 (show verse)
Every valuation of yours shall be in accordance with the sanctuary shekel; twenty gerahs shall make a shekel.
Leviticus 27:26 (show verse)
‘However, the firstborn among animals, which as a firstborn belongs to the Lord, no man may consecrate, whether an ox or a sheep. It is [already] the Lord’s.
Firstborn » Of man and beast, reserved to himself by God
the First-born » Of clean beasts » Could not be a free-will offering
divine Ownership » First-born set apart as belonging to God
Property » Personal » Dedicated to God, redemption of
Redemption » Of persons or property
Sheep » Firstlings of, could not be dedicated as a free-will offering
the First-born » Of clean beasts » Could not be a free-will offering
divine Ownership » First-born set apart as belonging to God
Property » Personal » Dedicated to God, redemption of
Redemption » Of persons or property
Sheep » Firstlings of, could not be dedicated as a free-will offering
Leviticus 27:27 (show verse)
If it is among the unclean animals, the owner may redeem it in accordance with your valuation, and add one-fifth to it; or if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold in accordance with your valuation.
Leviticus 27:28 (show verse)
‘But nothing that a man sets apart [that is, devotes as an offering] to the Lord out of all that he has, of man or of animal or of the fields of his own property, shall be sold or redeemed. Anything devoted to destruction (banned, cursed) is most holy to the Lord.
Leviticus 27:29 (show verse)
No one who may have been set apart among men shall be ransomed [from death], he shall most certainly be put to death.
Leviticus 27:30 (show verse)
‘And all the tithe (tenth part) of the land, whether the seed of the land or the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s; it is holy to the Lord.
Holiness » What is holy
Offerings » Different kinds of » Tithe
Property » Personal » Dedicated to God, redemption of
Redemption » Of persons or property
Seed » Mosaic laws respecting » The tithe of, to be given to God
Theocracy » Consisted in his » Exacting tribute
Tithe » Consisted of a tenth » Of all the produce of the land
Tithe » The tithe belonging to the lord
Tithe » Under the law belonged to God
Tithes » Mosaic laws instituting
Trees » Laws concerning
Trees » Parts of, mentioned » The fruit or seeds
Offerings » Different kinds of » Tithe
Property » Personal » Dedicated to God, redemption of
Redemption » Of persons or property
Seed » Mosaic laws respecting » The tithe of, to be given to God
Theocracy » Consisted in his » Exacting tribute
Tithe » Consisted of a tenth » Of all the produce of the land
Tithe » The tithe belonging to the lord
Tithe » Under the law belonged to God
Tithes » Mosaic laws instituting
Trees » Laws concerning
Trees » Parts of, mentioned » The fruit or seeds
Leviticus 27:31 (show verse)
If a man wishes to redeem any part of his tithe, he shall add one-fifth to it.
Leviticus 27:32 (show verse)
For every tithe of the herd or flock, whatever passes under the [shepherd’s] staff, the tenth one shall be holy to the Lord.
Leviticus 27:33 (show verse)
The man is not to be concerned whether the animal is good or bad, nor shall he exchange it. But if he does exchange it, then both it and its substitute shall become holy; it shall not be redeemed.’”
Leviticus 27:34 (show verse)
These are the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses on Mount Sinai for the children of Israel.