Leviticus 27:1–13

Holy to Yahweh

¹Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

²“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 Yahweh.

³‘If your valuation is of the male from twenty years even to sixty years old, then your valuation shall be ¹fifty shekels of silver, according to ^athe shekel of the sanctuary.

⁴‘Or if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.

⁵‘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.

⁶‘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.

⁷‘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.

⁸‘But if he is poorer than your valuation, then he shall be ¹presented before the priest, and the priest shall value him; ^aaccording to ²the means of the one who vowed, the priest shall value him.

⁹‘Now if it is an animal of the kind which ¹men can bring near as an offering to Yahweh, any such that one gives to Yahweh shall be holy.

¹⁰‘^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.

¹¹‘If, however, it is any unclean animal of the kind which ¹men do not bring near as an offering to Yahweh, then he shall ²present the animal before the priest.

¹²‘And the priest shall value it ¹as either good or bad; as you, the priest, value it, so it shall be.

¹³‘But if he should ever wish to redeem it, then he shall add one-fifth of it to your valuation.