Instructions About Vows

27 Thena Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the ⌊Israelites⌋,b and sayc to them, ‘When a man makes a vow according to yourd proper value of persons to Yahweh, 3 ife your proper value is for a malef from ⌊twenty years of age⌋g up toh ⌊sixty years of age⌋,i thenj your proper value shall be fifty shekels of money according to the sanctuary’s shekel. 4 Butk if it is for a female, thenl your proper value shall be thirty shekels. 5 And if from ⌊five years of age⌋m up ton ⌊twenty years of age⌋,o thenp your proper value shall be twenty shekels for the male and ten shekels for the female. 6 And if from ⌊a month of age⌋q up tor ⌊five years of age⌋,s thent your proper value shall be five shekels of money for the male, and your proper value for the female shall be three shekels of money. 7 And if from ⌊sixty years of age⌋u and above: if a male, thenv your proper value shall be fifteen shekels; and for the female, ten shekels. 8 Butw if he is poorer than your proper value, thenx he shall present himself ⌊before⌋y the priest, and the priest shall set a value on him; the priest shall value him ⌊according to⌋z what the person who made a vow ⌊can afford⌋.a

9 “ ‘And if it is a domestic animal from which they present an offering for Yahweh, all that he gives from it for Yahweh shall be a holy object. 10 He shall not replace it, nor shall he exchange it, either good with bad or bad with good; and if he indeed exchanges a domestic animal with a domestic animal, thenb ⌊it and its substitution shall be a holy object⌋.c 11 Butd if it is any unclean animal from which they may not present an offering for Yahweh, thene he shall present the animal ⌊before⌋f the priest. 12 And the priest shall set a value on it, ⌊either good or bad⌋;g as the priest sets your proper value, so it shall be. 13 And if he indeed wants to redeem it, thenh he shall add a fifth of it onto your proper value.

14 “ ‘And if a man consecrates his house as a holy object for Yahweh, theni the priest shall set a value on it, ⌊either good or bad⌋;j just as the priest sets a value on it, so it shall remain. 15 Butk if the one who consecrates it wants to redeem his house, thenl he shall add a fifth of your proper value’s money onto it, and it shall be his.

16 “ ‘And if a man consecrates ⌊some of⌋m his property’s fieldsn for Yahweh, theno your proper value shall be ⌊in accordance with its seed requirements⌋:p a homer of barley seed for fifty shekels of money. 17 If he consecrates his field from the Year of Jubilee, it shall stand as your proper value. 18 Butq if he consecrates his field after the Jubilee, thenr the priest shall calculate the money for him ⌊according to the number of years⌋s that are left over until the Year of Jubilee; and it shall be deducted from your proper value. 19 And if he indeed redeems the field that is consecrated, thent he shall add a fifth of your proper value’s money onto it, and it shall stand foru him. 20 And if he does not redeem the field and if he sells the field to another man, it may not be redeemed again, 21 and the field shall be a holy object for Yahweh when it goes outv in the Jubilee, like a devotedw field; ⌊it shall be the priest’s property⌋.x

22 “ ‘And if he consecrates for Yahweh his acquiredy field that is not the field of his inherited possession, 23 thenz the priest shall calculate for him the ⌊amount⌋a of your proper value until the year of the Jubilee, and he shall give your proper value on that day as a holy object for Yahweh. 24 In the Year of the Jubilee the field shall return to the one who bought it from him, to the one whose property the land is. 25 And every proper value of yours shall be in the sanctuary’s shekel—the shekel shall be twenty gerahs.

26 “ ‘However, a man shall not consecrate a firstborn among livestock, which belongs as firstborn to Yahweh; whether an ox ⌊or⌋b small livestock, it is for Yahweh. 27 And if it is among the unclean animals, thenc he shall ransom it according to your proper value, and he shall add a fifth of its value onto it; and if it is not redeemed, thend it shall be sold according to your proper value. 28 However, anything devotede that a man has devoted to Yahweh ⌊from all that he has⌋,f from human org animal, orh from the field of his property, may not be sold, and it may not be redeemed; anything devoted is ⌊a most holy thing⌋i for Yahweh. 29 Anyone devoted who is devoted from ⌊human beings⌋j cannot be ransomed—he shall surely be put to death.

30 “ ‘And any tithe of the land from the land’s seed or from the fruit of the trees is for Yahweh; it is a holy object for Yahweh. 31 And if a man indeed redeems from his tithe, he shall add a fifth of its value onto it. 32 As fork every tithe of cattle orl of the flock,m all which crosses under the rod, the tenth shall be a holy object for Yahweh. 33 He shall not inspect between the good and the bad, and he shall not exchange it; butn if he indeed exchanges it, theno ⌊it and its substitution shall be⌋p a holy object—it shall not be redeemed.’ ”

34 These are the commands that Yahweh commanded Moses for the ⌊Israelites⌋q on ⌊Mount Sinai⌋.r