1 ¶ And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,

Then the Lord said to Moses,

2 S peak unto the sons of Israel and say unto them, When someone shall make a special vow unto the LORD, according to the estimation of the persons that are to be redeemed, thus shall be thy estimation:

“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 R egarding the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, thy estimation 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 it is a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.

For a woman it will be thirty pieces of silver.

5 A nd if it is from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of 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 it is from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver.

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 it is from sixty years old and above, if it is a male, then thy estimation 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 he is poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to the ability of the one that 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 A nd if it is an animal which is offered unto the LORD, all that anyone gives of such unto 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 alter it nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; and if he shall exchange one animal for another, then it and the one exchanged thereof shall belong to the sanctuary.

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 A nd if it is an unclean animal, which cannot be offered as a sacrifice unto the LORD, then he shall present 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 is good or bad; according to the estimation of the priest, 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 it must be redeemed, then they shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.

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

14 ¶ And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall value it, whether it is good or bad; as the priest shall value 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 A nd if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto 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 sanctify unto the LORD some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof; one homer of barley seed 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 sanctifies his field from the year of jubilee, according to thy estimation it shall stand.

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

18 B ut if he sanctifies his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain until the year of the jubilee, and it shall be abated from thy estimation.

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 A nd if he that sanctified the field desires to redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him.

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 should not redeem the field, and if the field is sold to another, 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 goes out in the jubilee, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field of anathema; the possession thereof shall be the priest’s.

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 anyone sanctifies unto the LORD a field which he has bought, which is not of the fields of his inheritance,

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 hen the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation until the year of the jubilee; and that day he shall give thy assigned price, as a holy thing unto 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 the jubilee the field shall return unto the one of whom it was bought, unto whom the inheritance of the land did belong.

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 thy values shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary; twenty gerahs shall be the 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 ¶ But the firstborn of the animals, which because it is firstborn belongs to the LORD, no one shall sanctify it; whether it is 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 A nd if it is of an unclean beast, it shall be ransomed according to thy estimation, and they shall add a fifth part unto it; or if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.

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 no anathema, that anyone shall devote unto the LORD of all that they have of men and animals and of the fields of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed. All anathema is most holy unto 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 A ny anathema of men which is devoted shall not be ransomed, but 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 tithes of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD’s; it is holiness unto 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 anyone desires to redeem anything of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof.

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 concerning the tithe of the cows or of the sheep, even of whatever passes under the rod, the tenth shall be holiness unto 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 H e shall not search whether it is good or bad, neither shall he change it; and if he changes it at all, then both it and the change thereof 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 for the sons of Israel in Mount Sinai.

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