1 A gain, the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Then the Lord said to Moses,

2 “ Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘ When a man makes a difficult vow, he shall be valued according to your valuation of persons belonging to the Lord.

“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 I f your valuation is of the male from twenty years even to sixty years old, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after 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 O r if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.

For a woman it will be thirty pieces of silver.

5 I f 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.

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 B ut if they are from a month even up to five years old, then your valuation shall be five shekels of silver for the male, and for the female your valuation 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 I f 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.

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 your valuation, then he shall be placed before the priest and the priest shall value him; according to the means of the one who vowed, the priest shall 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 ‘ Now if it is an animal of the kind which men can present as an offering to the Lord, any such that one gives 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; or if he does exchange animal for animal, then both it and its substitute shall become 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, however, it is any unclean animal of the kind which men do not present as an offering to the Lord, then he shall place 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 T he priest shall value it as either good or bad; as you, the priest, value it, so it shall 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 should ever wish to redeem it, then he shall add one-fifth of it to your valuation.

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

14 ‘ Now if a man consecrates his house as holy to the Lord, then the priest shall value it as either good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall 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 Y et if the one who consecrates it should wish to redeem his house, then he shall add one-fifth of your valuation price to it, so that it may 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 ‘ Again, if a man consecrates to the Lord part of the fields of his own property, then your valuation shall be proportionate to the seed needed for it: a homer of barley seed 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 consecrates his field as of the year of jubilee, according to your valuation it shall stand.

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

18 I f he consecrates his field after the jubilee, however, then the priest shall calculate the price for him proportionate to the years that are left 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 the one who consecrates it should ever wish to redeem the field, then he shall add one-fifth of your valuation price to it, so that it may pass 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 Y et if he will not redeem the field, but has sold the field to another man, it may no longer be redeemed;

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 a nd when it reverts in the jubilee, the field shall be holy to the Lord, like a field set apart; it shall be for the priest as his property.

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 O r if he consecrates to the Lord a field which he has bought, which is not a part of the field of his own property,

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 calculate for him the amount of your valuation up to the year of jubilee; and he shall on that day give your valuation as holy 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 the one from whom he bought it, to whom the possession of the land belongs.

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

25 E very valuation of yours, moreover, shall be after the shekel of the sanctuary. The shekel shall be twenty gerahs.

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 ‘ However, a firstborn among animals, which as a firstborn belongs to the Lord, no man may consecrate it; whether 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 B ut if it is among the unclean animals, then he shall redeem it according to your valuation and add to it one-fifth of it; and 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 ‘ Nevertheless, anything which a man sets apart to the Lord out of all that he has, of man or animal or of the fields of his own property, shall not be sold or redeemed. Anything devoted to destruction 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 who may have been set apart 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 ‘ Thus all the tithe of 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.

‘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 I f, therefore, a man wishes to redeem part of his tithe, he shall add to it one-fifth of 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 F or every tenth part of herd or flock, whatever passes under the rod, the tenth one 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 H e is not to be concerned whether it is good or bad, nor shall he exchange it; or if he does exchange it, then both it and its substitute shall become 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 at Mount Sinai.

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