Thematic Bible
Leviticus 27:1 (show verse)
The Lord spoke to Moses:
Leviticus 27:2 (show verse)
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When someone makes a special vow to the Lord that involves the assessment of people,
Leviticus 27:3 (show verse)
if the assessment concerns a male from 20 to 60 years old, your assessment is 50 silver shekels measured by the standard sanctuary shekel.
Leviticus 27:4 (show verse)
If the person is a female, your assessment is 30 shekels.
Leviticus 27:5 (show verse)
If the person is from five to 20 years old, your assessment for a male is 20 shekels and for a female 10 shekels.
Leviticus 27:6 (show verse)
If the person is from one month to five years old, your assessment for a male is five silver shekels, and for a female your assessment is three shekels of silver.
Leviticus 27:7 (show verse)
If the person is 60 years or more, your assessment is 15 shekels for a male and 10 shekels for a female.
Leviticus 27:8 (show verse)
But if one is too poor to pay the assessment, he must present the person before the priest and the priest will set a value for him. The priest will set a value for him according to what the one making the vow can afford.
Leviticus 27:9 (show verse)
“If the vow involves one of the animals that may be brought as an offering to the Lord, any of these he gives to the Lord will be holy.
Leviticus 27:10 (show verse)
He may not replace it or make a substitution for 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.
Leviticus 27:11 (show verse)
“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.
Leviticus 27:12 (show verse)
The priest will set its value, whether high or low; the price will be set as the priest makes the assessment for you.
Leviticus 27:13 (show verse)
If the one who brought it decides to redeem it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value.
Leviticus 27:14 (show verse)
“When a man consecrates his house as holy to the Lord, the priest will assess its value, whether high or low. The price will stand just as the priest assesses it.
Leviticus 27:15 (show verse)
But if the one who consecrated his house redeems it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value, and it will be his.
Leviticus 27:16 (show verse)
“If a man consecrates to the Lord any part of a field that he possesses, your assessment of value will be proportional to the seed needed to sow it, at the rate of 50 silver shekels for every five bushels of barley seed.
Leviticus 27:17 (show verse)
If he consecrates his field during the Year of Jubilee, the price will stand according to your assessment.
Leviticus 27:18 (show verse)
But if he consecrates his field after the Jubilee, the priest will calculate the price for him in proportion to the years left until the next Year of Jubilee, so that your assessment will be reduced.
Leviticus 27:19 (show verse)
If the one who consecrated the field decides to redeem it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value, and the field will transfer back to him.
Leviticus 27:20 (show verse)
But if he does not redeem the field or if he has sold it to another man, it is no longer redeemable.
Leviticus 27:21 (show verse)
When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will be holy to the Lord like a field permanently set apart; it becomes the priest’s 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)
“If a person consecrates to the Lord a field he has purchased that is not part of his inherited landholding,
Leviticus 27:23 (show verse)
then the priest will calculate for him the amount of the assessment up to the Year of Jubilee, and the person will pay the assessed value on that day as a holy offering to the Lord.
Leviticus 27:24 (show verse)
In the Year of Jubilee the field will return to the one he bought it from, the original owner.
Leviticus 27:25 (show verse)
All your assessed values will be measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, 20 gerahs to the shekel.
Leviticus 27:26 (show verse)
“But no one can consecrate a firstborn of the livestock, whether an animal from the herd or flock, to the Lord, because a firstborn already belongs to the Lord.
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)
If it is one of the unclean livestock, it must be ransomed according to your assessment by adding a fifth of its value to it. If it is not redeemed, it can be sold according to your assessment.
Leviticus 27:28 (show verse)
“Nothing that a man permanently sets apart to the Lord from all he owns, whether a person, an animal, or his inherited landholding, can be sold or redeemed; everything set apart is especially holy to the Lord.
Leviticus 27:29 (show verse)
No person who has been set apart for destruction is to be ransomed; he must be put to death.
Leviticus 27:30 (show verse)
“Every tenth of the land’s produce, grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord; 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 a man decides to redeem any part of this tenth, he must add a fifth to its value.
Leviticus 27:32 (show verse)
Every tenth animal from the herd or flock, which passes under the shepherd’s rod, will be holy to the Lord.
Leviticus 27:33 (show verse)
He is not to inspect whether it is good or bad, and he is not to make a substitution for it. But if he does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute will be holy; they cannot be redeemed.”
Leviticus 27:34 (show verse)
These are the commands the Lord gave Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.