Leviticus:27

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* Now the LORD spoke to Moses , saying , * "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 , * 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 . * If it is a female , then your valuation shall be thirty shekels ; * 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 ; * 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 ; * 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 . * "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 . * "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 . * 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 . * 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 ; * 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 . * But if he wants at all to redeem it , then he must add one-fifth to your valuation . * "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 . * 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 . * "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 . * If he dedicates his field from the Year of Jubilee , according to your valuation it shall stand . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 ; * 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 . * "And if a man dedicates to the LORD a field which he has bought , which is not the field of his possession , * 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 . * 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 . * And all your valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary : twenty gerahs to the shekel . * "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 . * 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 . * "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 . * No person under the ban , who may become doomed to destruction among men , shall be redeemed , but shall surely be put to death . * 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 . * If a man wants at all to redeem any of his tithes , he shall add one-fifth to it . * 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 . * 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 ."' * These are the commandments which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel on Mount Sinai .

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