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Leviticus 27 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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Redeeming Persons and Property Dedicated to God
Persons and Property Dedicated to God
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:1 - Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:2 - “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When a man consecrates by a vow certain persons to the LORD, according to your valuation,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:3 - ‘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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:4 - ‘If it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:5 - ‘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;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:6 - ‘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;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:7 - ‘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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:8 - ‘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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:9 - ‘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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:10 - ‘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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:11 - ‘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;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:12 - ‘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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:13 - ‘But if he wants at all to redeem it, then he must add one-fifth to your valuation.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:14 - ‘And when a man dedicates his house to be holy to the LORD, then the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall stand.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:15 - ‘If he who dedicated it wants to redeem his house, then he must add one-fifth of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall be his.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:16 - ‘If a man dedicates to the LORD part of a field of his possession, then your valuation shall be according to the seed for it. A homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:17 - ‘If he dedicates his field from the Year of Jubilee, according to your valuation it shall stand.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:18 - ‘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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:19 - ‘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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:20 - ‘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;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:21 - ‘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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:22 - ‘And if a man dedicates to the LORD a field which he has bought, which is not the field of his possession,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:23 - ‘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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:24 - ‘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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:25 - ‘And all your valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs to the shekel.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:26 - ‘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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:27 - ‘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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:28 - ‘Nevertheless no devoted offering that a man may devote to the LORD of all that he has, both man and beast, or the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted offering is most holy to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:29 - ‘No person under the ban, who may become doomed to destruction among men, shall be redeemed, but shall surely be put to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:30 - ‘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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:31 - ‘If a man wants at all to redeem any of his tithes, he shall add one-fifth to it.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:32 - ‘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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:33 - ‘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.’ ”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:34 - These are the commandments which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel on Mount Sinai.
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