Leviticus 27:1–13

Redeeming What Is the Lord’s

27The Lord said to Moses, ²“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If anyone makes a special vow^u to dedicate a person to the Lord by giving the equivalent value, ³set the value of a male between the ages of twenty and sixty at fifty shekels^a of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel^b;^{v 4}for a female, set her value at thirty shekels^c; ⁵for a person between the ages of five and twenty, set the value of a male at twenty shekels^dw and of a female at ten shekels^e; ⁶for a person between one month and five years, set the value of a male at five shekels^fx of silver and that of a female at three shekels^g of silver; ⁷for a person sixty years old or more, set the value of a male at fifteen shekels^h and of a female at ten shekels. ⁸If anyone making the vow is too poor to pay^y the specified amount, the person being dedicated is to be presented to the priest, who will set the value^z according to what the one making the vow can afford.

⁹“ ‘If what they vowed is an animal that is acceptable as an offering to the Lord,^a such an animal given to the Lord becomes holy.^{b 10}They must not exchange it or substitute a good one for a bad one, or a bad one for a good one;^c if they should substitute one animal for another, both it and the substitute become holy. ¹¹If what they vowed is a ceremonially unclean animal^d—one that is not acceptable as an offering to the Lord—the animal must be presented to the priest, ¹²who will judge its quality as good or bad. Whatever value the priest then sets, that is what it will be. ¹³If the owner wishes to redeem^e the animal, a fifth must be added to its value.^f