1 T hen the Lord said to Moses,

Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

2 “ 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.

“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When a man consecrates by a vow certain persons to the Lord, according to your valuation,

3 T he 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.

if your valuation is of a male from twenty years old up to sixty years old, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.

4 F or a woman it will be thirty pieces of silver.

If it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels;

5 F or 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.

and if from five years old up to twenty years old, then your valuation for a male shall be twenty shekels, and for a female ten shekels;

6 Y our 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.

and if from a month old up to five years old, then your valuation for a male shall be five shekels of silver, and for a female your valuation shall be three shekels of silver;

7 Y our 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.

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

8 B ut 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.

‘But if he is too poor to pay your valuation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall set a value for him; according to the ability of him who vowed, the priest shall value him.

9 ‘ 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.

‘If it is an animal that men may bring as an offering to the Lord, all that anyone gives to the Lord shall be holy.

10 H e 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.

He shall not substitute it or exchange it, good for bad or bad for good; and if he at all exchanges animal for animal, then both it and the one exchanged for it shall be holy.

11 B ut 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.

If it is an unclean animal which they do not offer as a sacrifice to the Lord, then he shall present the animal before the priest;

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

and the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad; as you, the priest, value it, so it shall be.

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

But if he wants at all to redeem it, then he must add one-fifth to your valuation.

14 ‘ 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.

‘And when a man dedicates his house to be holy to the Lord, then the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall stand.

15 I f 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.

If he who dedicated it wants to redeem his house, then he must add one-fifth of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall be his.

16 ‘ 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.

‘If a man dedicates to the Lord part of a field of his possession, then your valuation shall be according to the seed for it. A homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.

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

If he dedicates his field from the Year of Jubilee, according to your valuation it shall stand.

18 B ut 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.

But if he dedicates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall reckon to him the money due according to the years that remain till the Year of Jubilee, and it shall be deducted from your valuation.

19 I f 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.

And if he who dedicates the field ever wishes to redeem it, then he must add one-fifth of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall belong to him.

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

But if he does not want to redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed anymore;

21 A nd 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.

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

22 I f 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,

‘And if a man dedicates to the Lord a field which he has bought, which is not the field of his possession,

23 t he 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.

then the priest shall reckon to him the worth of your valuation, up to the Year of Jubilee, and he shall give your valuation on that day as a holy offering to the Lord.

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

In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, to the one who owned the land as a possession.

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

And all your valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs to the shekel.

26 ‘ 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.

‘But the firstborn of the animals, which should be the Lord ’s firstborn, no man shall dedicate; whether it is an ox or sheep, it is the Lord ’s.

27 I f 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.

And if it is an unclean animal, then he shall redeem it according to your valuation, and shall add one-fifth to it; or if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.

28 ‘ 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.

‘Nevertheless no devoted offering that a man may devote to the Lord of all that he has, both man and beast, or the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted offering is most holy to the Lord.

29 N o person who has been set apart to be destroyed from among men can be paid for. He must be put to death.

No person under the ban, who may become doomed to destruction among men, shall be redeemed, but shall surely be put to death.

30 ‘ 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.

And 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.

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

If a man wants at all to redeem any of his tithes, he shall add one-fifth to it.

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

And concerning the tithe of the herd or the flock, of whatever passes under the rod, the tenth one shall be holy to the Lord.

33 T he 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.’”

He shall not inquire whether it is good or bad, nor shall he exchange it; and if he exchanges it at all, then both it and the one exchanged for it shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.’”

34 T hese are the Laws the Lord gave Moses on Mount Sinai for the sons of Israel.

These are the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses for the children of Israel on Mount Sinai.