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Leviticus 27

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1 Then the LORD said to Moses,

2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘When someone makes a special vow to the LORD involving the value of persons,

3 if the valuation concerns a male from twenty to sixty years of age, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel.

4 Or if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.

5 And if the person is from five to twenty years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

6 Now if the person is from one month to five years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be five shekels of silver, and for the female three shekels of silver.

7 And if the person is sixty years of age or older, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels for the male and ten shekels for the female.

8 But if the one making the vow is too poor to pay the valuation, he is to present the person before the priest, who shall set the value according to what the one making the vow can afford.

9 If he vows an animal that may be brought as an offering to the LORD, any such animal given to the LORD shall be holy.

10 He must not replace it or exchange it, either good for bad or bad for good. But if he does substitute one animal for another, both that animal and its substitute will be holy.

11 But if the vow involves any of the unclean animals that may not be brought as an offering to the LORD, the animal must be presented before the priest.

12 The priest shall set its value, whether high or low; as the priest values it, the price will be set.

13 If, however, the owner decides to redeem the animal, he must add a fifth to its value.

14 Now if a man consecrates his house as holy to the LORD, then the priest shall value it either as good or bad. The price will stand just as the priest values it.

15 But if he who consecrated his house redeems it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value, and it will belong to him.

16 If a man consecrates to the LORD a parcel of his land, then your valuation shall be proportional to the seed required for it—fifty shekels of silver for every homer of barley seed.

17 If he consecrates his field during the Year of Jubilee, the price will stand according to your valuation.

18 But if he consecrates his field after the Jubilee, the priest is to calculate the price in proportion to the years left until the next Year of Jubilee, so that your valuation will be reduced.

19 And if the one who consecrated the field decides to redeem it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value, and it shall belong to him.

20 If, however, he does not redeem the field, or if he has sold it to another man, it may no longer be redeemed.

21 When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the LORD; it becomes the property of the priests.

22 Now if a man consecrates to the LORD a field he has purchased, which is not a part of his own property,

23 then the priest shall calculate for him the value up to the Year of Jubilee, and the man shall pay the assessed value on that day as a sacred offering to the LORD.

24 In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to the one from whom it was bought—the original owner of the land.

25 Every valuation will be according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.

26 But no one may consecrate a firstborn of the livestock, because a firstborn belongs to the LORD. Whether it is an ox or a sheep, it is the LORD’s.

27 But if it is among the unclean animals, then he may redeem it according to your valuation and add a fifth of its value. If it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.

28 Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.

29 No person set apart for destruction may be ransomed; he must surely be put to death.

30 Thus any tithe from the land, whether from the seed of the land or the fruit of the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD.

31 If a man wishes to redeem part of his tithe, he must add a fifth to its value.

32 Every tenth animal from the herd or flock that passes under the shepherd’s rod will be holy to the LORD.

33 He must not inspect whether it is good or bad, and he shall not make any substitution. But if he does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute shall become holy; they cannot be redeemed.’”

34 These are the commandments that the LORD gave to Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.

KJV

1 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons [shall be] for the LORD by thy estimation.

3 And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

4 And if it [be] a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.

5 And if [it be] 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.

6 And if [it be] 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.

7 And if [it be] from sixty years old and above; if [it be] a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

8 But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him.

9 And if [it be] a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD, all that [any man] giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy.

10 He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy.

11 And if [it be] any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice unto the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the priest:

12 And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, [who art] the priest, so shall it be.

13 But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth [part] thereof unto thy estimation.

14 ¶ And when a man shall sanctify his house [to be] holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.

15 And 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.

16 And 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: an homer of barley seed [shall be valued] at fifty shekels of silver.

17 If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy estimation it shall stand.

18 But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thy estimation.

19 And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth [part] of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him.

20 And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.

21 But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's.

22 And if [a man] sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought, which [is] not of the fields of his possession;

23 Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, [even] unto the year of the jubile: and he shall give thine estimation in that day, [as] a holy thing unto the LORD.

24 In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, [even] to him to whom the possession of the land [did belong].

25 And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.

26 ¶ Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD'S firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether [it be] ox, or sheep: it [is] the LORD'S.

27 And if [it be] of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem [it] according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth [part] of it thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.

28 Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, [both] of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing [is] most holy unto the LORD.

29 None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; [but] shall surely be put to death.

30 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 unto the LORD.

31 And if a man will at all redeem [ought] of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth [part] thereof.

32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, [even] of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.

33 He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.

34 These [are] the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.

1545 Luther's English Bible (LED)

Of vows and tithes.

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying:

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: If any man vow a special vow unto the LORD, that he will value his body,

3 And this shall be the estimation: A man's image, twenty years old unto the sixtieth year, shalt thou value at fifty shekels of silver after the shekel of the sanctuary;

4 a female image at thirty sekels.

5 From five years old even unto twenty years old shalt thou value him twenty shekels, if it be a man's image; but if it be a woman's image, ten shekels.

6 From one month even unto five years old shalt thou value him at five shekels of silver, if he be a man; and if he be a woman, at three shekels of silver.

7 And if he be threescore years old and above, then thou shalt value him fifteen shekels, if he be a man; and if he be a woman, ten shekels.

8 But if he be too poor for such an estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall estimate him: and he shall estimate him according as his hand can purchase him that hath vowed.

9 But if it be cattle, which may be offered unto the LORD: All that is given unto the LORD is holy.

10 They shall not change, neither shall they change the good for the bad, or the bad for the good. But if a man change one beast for another, they shall both be holy unto the LORD.

11 And if the beast be unclean, that it be not offered unto the LORD, then it shall be presented before the priest.

12 And the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: and it shall be in the priest's estimation.

13 But if any man will redeem it, he shall give the fifth over the valuation.

14 If a man sanctify his house to be holy unto the LORD, the priest shall esteem it good or bad: and after that the priest esteemeth it, it shall remain.

15 And if he that sanctified it will redeem it, then he shall add unto it the fifth part of the money of which it is estimated, and it shall be so.

16 If any man sanctify a piece of ground of his inheritance unto the LORD, it shall be counted according to his bearing. If he bring in a homor of barley, he shall be counted for fifty shekels of silver.

17 And if he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, it shall be counted according to his dignity.

18 And if he sanctify him after the year of jubile, then the priest shall reckon him according to the years that remain in the year of jubile, and after that he shall reckon him less;

19 And if he that sanctified it will redeem the field, he shall give the fifth part of the money of the price thereof, and it shall be his.

20 But if he will not redeem it, but sell it to another, he shall redeem it no more,

21 But the same field, when it goeth forth in the year of jubile, shall be holy unto the LORD, as an exiled field; and shall be the priest's inheritance.

22 And if a man sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought, and it be not his inheritance,

23 Then the priest shall reckon him according to his worth until the year of jubilee: and he shall give such a reckoning in that day, that he may be holy unto the LORD.

24 But in the year of jubile it shall return unto him of whom he bought it, that it may be his inheritance in the land.

25 All dignity shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary. And one shekel is twenty gerahs.

26 The firstborn of cattle, which is the LORD's, shall no man sanctify unto the LORD, whether it be an ox or a sheep: for it is the LORD's.

27 And if there be any unclean thing in the beast, then he shall redeem it according to his dignity, and pass over the fifth part. If he will not redeem it, let him sell it according to his dignity.

28 No man shall sell, nor redeem, any thing that is bidden unto the LORD, of all that is his, whether it be cattle or herdsmen: for all that is bidden is most holy unto the LORD.

29 Neither shall any man that is banished be loosed, but he shall die the death.

30 All the tithes of the land, both of the seed of the land, and of the fruit of the trees, are the LORD'S, and shall be holy unto the LORD.

31 But if any man will loose his tithes, he shall give the fifth over.

32 And all the tithes of oxen and sheep, and that which goeth under the rod, are a holy tithe unto the LORD.

33 Neither shall it be asked whether it be good or bad; neither shall it be changed. But if any man change it, both shall be holy, and shall not be redeemed.

34 These are the commandments which the LORD commanded the children of Israel in mount Sinai.

1545 Luther's English Bible (LED)

Machine-translated from Luther's final 1545 German Bible

The LED is an English rendering of Martin Luther's final 1545 German Bible. According to BackToLuther, it was produced by using the DeepL Translator on Luther's German text, then processed, polished, formatted, and hyperlinked for reading, while preserving chapter headings and other notations from orthodox German Lutheran Bibles.

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