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Redeeming What Is the Lord’s
The Lord said to Moses,
The Lord said to Moses,
Redeeming Persons and Property Dedicated to God
Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If anyone makes a special vow to dedicate a person to the Lord by giving the equivalent value,
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.
If anyone making the vow is too poor to pay the specified amount, the person being dedicated is to be presented to the priest, who will set the value according to what the one making the vow can afford.
‘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 what they vowed is an animal that is acceptable as an offering to the Lord, such an animal given to the Lord becomes holy.
‘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.
They must not exchange it or substitute a good one for a bad one, or a bad one for a good one; if they should substitute one animal for another, both it and the substitute become 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 what they vowed is a ceremonially unclean animal — one that is not acceptable as an offering to the Lord — the animal must be presented to the priest,
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;
who will judge its quality as good or bad. Whatever value the priest then sets, that is what it will be.
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.
If the owner wishes to redeem the animal, a fifth must be added to its value.
But if he wants at all to redeem it, then he must add one-fifth to your valuation.
“ ‘If anyone dedicates their house as something holy to the Lord, the priest will judge its quality as good or bad. Whatever value the priest then sets, so it will remain.
If the one who dedicates their house wishes to redeem it, they must add a fifth to its value, and the house will again become theirs.
If they dedicate a field during the Year of Jubilee, the value that has been set remains.
If he dedicates his field from the Year of Jubilee, according to your valuation it shall stand.
But if they dedicate a field after the Jubilee, the priest will determine the value according to the number of years that remain until the next Year of Jubilee, and its set value will be reduced.
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.
If the one who dedicates the field wishes to redeem it, they must add a fifth to its value, and the field will again become theirs.
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.
If, however, they do not redeem the field, or if they have sold it to someone else, it can never be redeemed.
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;
When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the Lord; it will become priestly property.
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.
“ ‘If anyone dedicates to the Lord a field they have bought, which is not part of their family land,
‘And if a man dedicates to the Lord a field which he has bought, which is not the field of his possession,
the priest will determine its value up to the Year of Jubilee, and the owner must pay its value on that day as something holy to the Lord.
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 will revert to the person from whom it was bought, the one whose land it was.
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.
Every value is to be set according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.
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.
If it is one of the unclean animals, it may be bought back at its set value, adding a fifth of the value to it. If it is not redeemed, it is to be sold at its set value.
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.
No person under the ban, who may become doomed to destruction among men, shall be redeemed, but shall surely be put to death.
“ ‘A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord.
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.
Whoever would redeem any of their tithe must add a fifth of the value to it.
If a man wants at all to redeem any of his tithes, he shall add one-fifth to it.
Every tithe of the herd and flock — every tenth animal that passes under the shepherd’s rod — will be holy to the Lord.
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.
No one may pick out the good from the bad or make any substitution. If anyone does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute become holy and cannot be redeemed.’ ”
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.’ ”