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Redeeming Persons and Property Dedicated to God
Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Redemption of Gifts Offered to the LORD
The LORD said to Moses,
The LORD said to Moses,
“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,
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.
‘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 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.
‘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.
“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.
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.
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.
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;
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.
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.
He will assess its value, and his assessment will be final, whether high or low.
But if he wants at all to redeem it, then he must add one-fifth to your valuation.
If you want to buy back the animal, you must pay the value set by the priest, plus 20 percent.
“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.
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.
If he dedicates his field from the Year of Jubilee, according to your valuation it shall stand.
If the field is dedicated to the LORD in the Year of Jubilee, then the entire assessment will apply.
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.
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.
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 the person who dedicated the field wants to buy it back, he must pay the value set by the priest, plus 20 percent. Then the field will again be legally his.
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;
But if he does not want to buy it back, and it is sold to someone else, the field can no longer be bought back.
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.
‘And if a man dedicates to the Lord a field which he has bought, which is not the field of his possession,
“If someone dedicates to the LORD a field he has purchased but which is not part of his family property,
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.
the priest will assess its value based on the number of years left until the next Year of Jubilee. On that day he must give the assessed value of the land as a sacred donation to the LORD.
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.
In the Year of Jubilee the field must be returned to the person from whom he purchased it, the one who inherited it as family property.
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.
“You may not dedicate a firstborn animal to the LORD, for the firstborn of your cattle, sheep, and goats already belong to him.
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.
However, you may buy back the firstborn of a ceremonially unclean animal by paying the priest’s assessment of its worth, plus 20 percent. If you do not buy it back, the priest will sell it at its assessed value.
“However, anything specially set apart for the LORD — whether a person, an animal, or family property — must never be sold or bought back. Anything devoted in this way has been set apart as holy, and it belongs to the LORD.
No person under the ban, who may become doomed to destruction among men, shall be redeemed, but shall surely be put to death.
No person specially set apart for destruction may be bought back. Such a person must be put to death.
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.
“One-tenth of the produce of the land, whether grain from the fields or fruit from the trees, belongs to the LORD and must be set apart to him as holy.
If a man wants at all to redeem any of his tithes, he shall add one-fifth to it.
If you want to buy back the LORD’s tenth of the grain or fruit, you must pay its value, plus 20 percent.
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.
Count off every tenth animal from your herds and flocks and set them apart for the LORD as holy.
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.’ ”
You may not pick and choose between good and bad animals, and you may not substitute one for another. But if you do exchange one animal for another, then both the original animal and its substitute will be considered holy and cannot be bought back.”