27The Lord gave Moses ²the following regulations for the people of Israel. When a person has been given to the Lord in fulfilment of a special vow, that person may be set free by the payment of the following sums of money, ^3–7according to the official standard:

—adult male, twenty to sixty years old: 50 pieces of silver

—adult female: 30 pieces of silver

—young male, five to twenty years old: 20 pieces of silver

—young female: 10 pieces of silver

—infant male under five: 5 pieces of silver

—infant female: 3 pieces of silver

—male above sixty years of age: 15 pieces of silver

—female above sixty: 10 pieces of silver

⁸If anyone who made the vow is too poor to pay the standard price, he or she shall bring the person to the priest, and the priest will set a lower price, according to the ability of that person to pay.

⁹If the vow concerns an animal that is acceptable as an offering to the Lord, then every gift made to the Lord is sacred, ¹⁰and anyone who made the vow may not substitute another animal for it. If he does, both animals belong to the Lord. ¹¹But if the vow concerns a ritually unclean animal, which is not acceptable as an offering to the Lord, the man shall take the animal to the priest. ¹²The priest shall fix a price for it, according to its good or bad qualities, and the price will be final. ¹³If the person wishes to buy it back, he must pay the price plus an additional twenty per cent.

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