1 A nd the Lord said to Moses,

Then the Lord said to Moses,

2 S ay to the Israelites, When a man shall make a special vow of persons to the Lord at your valuation,

“Say to the sons of Israel, ‘When a man makes a special promise, you will decide upon the worth of this person for the Lord.

3 T hen your valuation of a male from twenty years old to sixty years old shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.

The price you put on a man from twenty to sixty years old will be fifty pieces of silver, by the weight of the holy place.

4 A nd if the person is a female, your valuation shall be thirty shekels.

For a woman it will be thirty pieces of silver.

5 A nd if the person is from five years old up to twenty years old, then your valuation shall be for the male twenty shekels and for the female ten shekels.

For a male from five to twenty years old it will be twenty pieces of silver. For a woman it will be ten pieces of silver.

6 A nd if a child is from a month up to five years old, then your valuation shall be for the male five shekels of silver and for the female three shekels.

Your price for a child from one month to five years old will be five pieces of silver for the boy, and three pieces of silver for the girl.

7 A nd if the person is from sixty years old and above, if it be a male, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels and for the female ten shekels.

Your price for a person sixty years old and older will be fifteen pieces of silver for the man, and ten pieces of silver for the woman.

8 B ut if the man is too poor to pay your valuation, then he shall be set before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to the ability of him who vowed shall the priest value him.

But if the person is too poor to pay your price, he will be brought to the religious leader. The religious leader will decide the worth of the person by how much he who made the promise is able to pay.

9 I f it is a beast of which men offer an offering to the Lord, all that any man gives of such to the Lord shall be holy.

‘If it is a kind of animal which men give as a gift to the Lord, any such animal that is given to the Lord will be holy.

10 H e shall not replace it or exchange it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; and if he makes any exchange of a beast for a beast, then both the original offering and that exchanged for it shall be holy.

He must not have another animal take its place, good for bad or bad for good. If he does trade one animal for another, then both animals will become holy.

11 I f it is an unclean animal, such as is not offered as an offering to the Lord, he shall bring the animal before the priest,

But if the animal is unclean and not the kind which men give to the Lord, then he will bring the animal to the religious leader.

12 A nd the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad; as you, the priest, value it, so shall it be.

The religious leader will decide if it is good or bad. Whatever price the religious leader puts on it, so it will be.

13 B ut if he wishes to redeem it, he shall add a fifth to your valuation.

If the man wants to buy it again, he will add a fifth to your price.

14 I f a man dedicates his house to be sacred to the Lord, the priest shall appraise it, whether it be good or bad; as the priest appraises it, so shall it stand.

‘When a man sets apart his house as holy to the Lord, the religious leader will decide if it is good or bad. Whatever price the religious leader puts on it, so it will be.

15 I f he who dedicates his house wants to redeem it, he shall add a fifth of your valuation to it, and it shall be his.

If the man who sets it apart wants to buy his house again, he will add one-fifth part to your price. Then it will be his.

16 A nd if a man shall dedicate to the Lord some part of a field of his possession, then your valuation shall be according to the seed for it; a homer of barley shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.

‘If a man sets apart to the Lord part of a field he owns, you will decide upon its price by the seed needed for it. Ten baskets of barley seed will be worth fifty pieces of silver.

17 I f he dedicates his field during the Year of Jubilee, it shall stand according to your full valuation.

If he sets apart his field during the Year of Jubilee, it will be worth your full price.

18 B ut if he dedicates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall count the money value in proportion to the years that remain until the Year of Jubilee, and it shall be deducted from your valuation.

But if he sets apart his field after the Year of Jubilee, the religious leader will decide upon its worth by the years left until the next Year of Jubilee. It will be taken off your price.

19 I f he who dedicates the field wishes to redeem it, then he shall add a fifth of the money of your appraisal to it, and it shall remain his.

If the man who sets it apart wants to buy his field again, he will add one-fifth part to your price. Then it will be his.

20 B ut if he does not want to redeem the field, or if he has sold it to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.

But if he does not want to buy the field again, or has sold the field to another man, it cannot be bought again.

21 B ut the field, when it is released in the Jubilee, shall be holy to the Lord, as a field devoted; the priest shall have possession of it.

And when the field becomes free in the Jubilee, it will be holy to the Lord, like a field set apart. It will belong to the religious leader.

22 A nd if a man dedicates to the Lord a field he has bought, which is not of the fields of his possession,

If a man sets apart to the Lord a field he has bought, which is not a part of the land he was given by his father,

23 T he priest shall compute the amount of your valuation for it up to the Year of Jubilee; the man shall give that amount on that day as a holy thing to the Lord.

the religious leader will decide its worth until the Year of Jubilee. The man will pay that amount on that day as holy to the Lord.

24 I n the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to him of whom it was bought, to him to whom the land belonged.

In the Year of Jubilee the field will return from him who bought it to the one who owned it first.

25 A nd all your valuations shall be according to the sanctuary shekel; twenty gerahs shall make a shekel.

The price of silver used in the holy place will decide its worth. One piece of silver will be worth twenty small pieces of money.

26 B ut the firstling of the animals, since a firstling belongs to the Lord, no man may dedicate, whether it be ox or sheep. It is the Lord’s.

‘But no man may set apart a first-born of the animals. A first-born of the cattle or the flock belongs to the Lord.

27 I f it be of an unclean animal, the owner may redeem it according to your valuation, and shall add a fifth to it; or if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.

If it is an animal that is unclean, he will buy it again by paying your price and one-fifth part added to it. If it is not bought again, then it will be sold for your price.

28 B ut nothing that a man shall devote to the Lord of all that he has, whether of man or beast or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy to the Lord.

‘But nothing that a man sets apart to the Lord of all he has, of man or animal or his own land, will be sold or bought. Everything that has been set apart is most holy to the Lord.

29 N o one doomed to death, who is to be completely destroyed from among men, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.

No person who has been set apart to be destroyed from among men can be paid for. He must be put to death.

30 A nd all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s; it is holy to the Lord.

‘The tenth part of all the land, of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s. It is holy to the Lord.

31 A nd if a man wants to redeem any of his tithe, he shall add a fifth to it.

If a man wants to buy any of the tenth part that belongs to the Lord, he will add one-fifth part to its price.

32 A nd all the tithe of the herd or of the flock, whatever passes under the herdsman’s staff, the tenth shall be holy to the Lord.

And every tenth animal of the cattle or flock, whatever passes under the shepherd’s stick, the tenth one will be holy to the Lord.

33 T he man shall not examine whether the animal is good or bad nor shall he exchange it. If he does exchange it, then both it and the animal substituted for it shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.

The man will not ask if it is good or bad, or trade it for something else. If he does trade it for something else, then both will become holy. He cannot buy them again.’”

34 T hese are the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses on Mount Sinai for the Israelites.

These are the Laws the Lord gave Moses on Mount Sinai for the sons of Israel.