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 ^zto the Lord that involves the assessment of people, ³if the assessment concerns a male from 20 to 60 years old, your assessment is 50 silver shekels ^ameasured by the standard sanctuary shekel. ^b4If the person is a female, your assessment is 30 shekels. ^c5If the person is from five to 20 years old, your assessment for a male is 20 shekels ^dand for a female 10 shekels. ⁶If the person is from one month to five years old, your assessment for a male is five silver shekels, ^eand for a female your assessment is three shekels of silver. ⁷If the person is 60 years or more, your assessment is 15 shekels for a male and 10 shekels for a female. ⁸But if one is too poor to pay the assessment, he must 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. ^fBut 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 ^gassessed value. ^h