Leviticus 27:1-18

Laws concerning Dedications

27¹ The Lord said to Moses, ² "Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. If anyone makes a special vow to dedicate someone to the Lord by paying the value of that person, ³ here is the scale of values to be used. A man between the ages of twenty and sixty is valued at fifty shekels of silver, as measured by the sanctuary shekel. ⁴ A woman of that age is valued at thirty shekels of silver. ⁵ A boy between the ages of five and twenty is valued at twenty shekels of silver; a girl of that age is valued at ten shekels of silver. ⁶ A boy between the ages of one month and five years is valued at five shekels of silver; a girl of that age is valued at three shekels of silver. ⁷ A man older than sixty is valued at fifteen shekels of silver; a woman of that age is valued at ten shekels of silver. ⁸ If you desire to make such a vow but cannot afford to pay the required amount, take the person to the priest. He will determine the amount for you to pay based on what you can afford. ⁹ "If your vow involves giving an animal that is acceptable as an offering to the Lord, any gift to the Lord will be considered holy. ¹⁰ You may not exchange or substitute it for another animal-neither a good animal for a bad one nor a bad animal for a good one. But if you do exchange one animal for another, then both the original animal and its substitute will be considered holy. ¹¹ If your vow involves an unclean animal-one that is not acceptable as an offering to the Lord -then you must bring the animal to the priest. ¹² He will assess its value, and his assessment will be final, whether high or low. ¹³ If you want to buy back the animal, you must pay the value set by the priest, plus 20 percent.

¹⁴ "If someone dedicates a house to the Lord, the priest will come to assess its value. The priest's assessment will be final, whether high or low. ¹⁵ If the person who dedicated the house wants to buy it back, he must pay the value set by the priest, plus 20 percent. Then the house will again be his. ¹⁶ "If someone dedicates to the Lord a piece of his family property, its value will be assessed according to the amount of seed required to plant it-fifty shekels of silver for a field planted with five bushels of barley seed. ¹⁷ If the field is dedicated to the Lord in the Year of Jubilee, then the entire assessment will apply. ¹⁸ But if the field is dedicated after the Year of Jubilee, the priest will assess the land's value in proportion to the number of years left until the next Year of Jubilee. Its assessed value is reduced each year.