Thematic Bible
Leviticus 27:1 (show verse)
Again, the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Leviticus 27:2 (show verse)
“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.
Leviticus 27:3 (show verse)
If 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.
Leviticus 27:4 (show verse)
Or if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.
Leviticus 27:5 (show verse)
If 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.
Leviticus 27:6 (show verse)
But 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.
Leviticus 27:7 (show verse)
If 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.
Leviticus 27:8 (show verse)
But 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.
Leviticus 27:9 (show verse)
‘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.
Leviticus 27:10 (show verse)
Leviticus 27:11 (show verse)
If, 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.
Leviticus 27:12 (show verse)
The priest shall value it as either good or bad; as you, the priest, value it, so it shall be.
Leviticus 27:13 (show verse)
But if he should ever wish to redeem it, then he shall add one-fifth of it to your valuation.
Leviticus 27:14 (show verse)
‘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.
Leviticus 27:15 (show verse)
Yet 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.
Leviticus 27:16 (show verse)
‘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.
Leviticus 27:17 (show verse)
If he consecrates his field as of the year of jubilee, according to your valuation it shall stand.
Leviticus 27:18 (show verse)
If 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.
Leviticus 27:19 (show verse)
If 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.
Leviticus 27:20 (show verse)
Yet if he will not redeem the field, but has sold the field to another man, it may no longer be redeemed;
Leviticus 27:21 (show verse)
and 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.
Feast of jubilee » Value of devoted property calculated from
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Land » Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
Priest » Benefits of » Things devoted
Priest » Benefits of » Own lands sanctified to the lord
Property » In real estate » Dedicated
Redemption » Of persons or property
Vows » Of a field
Jubilee » Laws concerning
Land » Sale and redemption of, laws concerning
Priest » Benefits of » Things devoted
Priest » Benefits of » Own lands sanctified to the lord
Property » In real estate » Dedicated
Redemption » Of persons or property
Vows » Of a field
Leviticus 27:22 (show verse)
Or if he consecrates to the Lord a field which he has bought, which is not a part of the field of his own property,
Leviticus 27:23 (show verse)
then 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.
Leviticus 27:24 (show verse)
In the year of jubilee the field shall return to the one from whom he bought it, to whom the possession of the land belongs.
Leviticus 27:25 (show verse)
Every valuation of yours, moreover, shall be after the shekel of the sanctuary. The shekel shall be twenty gerahs.
Leviticus 27:26 (show verse)
‘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.
Firstborn » Of man and beast, reserved to himself by God
the First-born » Of clean beasts » Could not be a free-will offering
divine Ownership » First-born set apart as belonging to God
Property » Personal » Dedicated to God, redemption of
Redemption » Of persons or property
Sheep » Firstlings of, could not be dedicated as a free-will offering
the First-born » Of clean beasts » Could not be a free-will offering
divine Ownership » First-born set apart as belonging to God
Property » Personal » Dedicated to God, redemption of
Redemption » Of persons or property
Sheep » Firstlings of, could not be dedicated as a free-will offering
Leviticus 27:27 (show verse)
But 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.
Leviticus 27:28 (show verse)
‘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.
Leviticus 27:29 (show verse)
No one who may have been set apart among men shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.
Leviticus 27:30 (show verse)
‘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.
Holiness » What is holy
Offerings » Different kinds of » Tithe
Property » Personal » Dedicated to God, redemption of
Redemption » Of persons or property
Seed » Mosaic laws respecting » The tithe of, to be given to God
Theocracy » Consisted in his » Exacting tribute
Tithe » Consisted of a tenth » Of all the produce of the land
Tithe » The tithe belonging to the lord
Tithe » Under the law belonged to God
Tithes » Mosaic laws instituting
Trees » Laws concerning
Trees » Parts of, mentioned » The fruit or seeds
Offerings » Different kinds of » Tithe
Property » Personal » Dedicated to God, redemption of
Redemption » Of persons or property
Seed » Mosaic laws respecting » The tithe of, to be given to God
Theocracy » Consisted in his » Exacting tribute
Tithe » Consisted of a tenth » Of all the produce of the land
Tithe » The tithe belonging to the lord
Tithe » Under the law belonged to God
Tithes » Mosaic laws instituting
Trees » Laws concerning
Trees » Parts of, mentioned » The fruit or seeds
Leviticus 27:31 (show verse)
If, therefore, a man wishes to redeem part of his tithe, he shall add to it one-fifth of it.
Leviticus 27:32 (show verse)
For every tenth part of herd or flock, whatever passes under the rod, the tenth one shall be holy to the Lord.