Leviticus 27:1–13

FUNDING THE SANCTUARY

27The Lord spoke to Moses: ²“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When someone makes a special vow^l to the Lord that involves the assessment of people, ³if the assessment concerns a male from twenty to sixty years old, your assessment is fifty silver shekels^m measured by the standard sanctuary shekel.^{n 4}If the person is a female, your assessment is thirty shekels.^{o 5}If the person is from five to twenty years old, your assessment for a male is twenty shekels^a and for a female ten shekels. ⁶If the person is from one month to five years old, your assessment for a male is five silver shekels,^b and for a female your assessment is three shekels of silver. ⁷If the person is sixty years or more, your assessment is fifteen shekels for a male and ten shekels for a female. ⁸But if one is too poor to pay the assessment, he is to present the person before the priest and the priest will set a value for him. The priest will set a value for him according to what the one making the vow can afford.

⁹“If the vow involves one of the animals that may be brought as an offering to the Lord, any of these he gives to the Lord will be holy. ¹⁰He may not replace it or make a substitution for it, either good for bad, or bad for good.^c But if he does substitute one animal for another, both that animal and its substitute will be holy.

¹¹“If the vow involves any of the unclean animals that may not be brought as an offering to the Lord, the animal must be presented before the priest. ¹²The priest will set its value, whether high or low; the price will be set as the priest makes the assessment for you. ¹³If the one who brought it decides to redeem it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value.^d