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Leviticus 27:2–8

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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.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Approx. 1.25 lb. or 550 gm, a shekel was approx. 0.4 oz. or 11 gm
  2. 1Lit made to stand
  3. 2Lit what the hand reaches

Cross references

  1. aNum 6:2; Deut 23:21–23
  2. aEx 30:13; Lev 27:25; Num 3:47; 18:16
  3. aNum 18:16
  4. aLev 5:11; 14:21–24