Chapter 27
1 And HaShem spoke unto Moses, saying:
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: When
a man shall clearly utter a vow of persons unto HaShem, according to thy
valuation,
3 then thy valuation shall be for the male from twenty years
old even unto sixty years old, even thy valuation shall be fifty shekels of
silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
4 And if it be a female, then thy valuation shall be thirty
shekels.
5 And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years
old, then thy valuation shall be for the male twenty shekels, and for the female
ten shekels.
6 And if it be from a month old even unto five years old,
then thy valuation shall be for the male five shekels of silver, and for the
female thy valuation shall be three shekels of silver.
7 And if it be from sixty years old and upward: if it be a
male, then thy valuation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten
shekels.
8 But if he be too poor for thy valuation, then he shall be
set before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to the means of
him that vowed shall the priest value him.
9 And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto
HaShem, all that any man giveth of such unto HaShem shall be holy.
10 He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or
a bad for a good; and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then both it
and that for which it is changed shall be holy.
11 And if it be any unclean beast, of which they may not
bring an offering unto HaShem, then he shall set the beast before the priest.
12 And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad;
as thou the priest valuest it, so shall it be.
13 But if he will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the
fifth part thereof unto thy valuation.
14 And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto
HaShem, then the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad; as the priest
shall value it, so shall it stand.
15 And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then
he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy valuation unto it, and it shall
be his.
16 And if a man shall sanctify unto HaShem part of the field
of his possession, then thy valuation shall be according to the sowing thereof;
the sowing of a homer of barley shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
17 If he sanctify his field from the year of jubilee,
according to thy valuation it shall stand.
18 But if he sanctify his field after the jubilee, then the
priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain unto
the year of jubilee, and an abatement shall be made from thy valuation.
19 And if he that sanctified the field will indeed redeem it,
then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy valuation unto it, and it
shall be assured to him.
20 And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold
the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.
21 But the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee, shall be
holy unto HaShem, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the
priest's.
22 And if he sanctify unto HaShem a field which he hath
bought, which is not of the field of his possession;
23 then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy
valuation unto the year of jubilee; and he shall give thy valuation in that day,
as a holy thing unto HaShem.
24 In the year of jubilee the field shall return unto him of
whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land belongeth.
25 And all thy valuations shall be according to the shekel of
the sanctuary; twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
26 Howbeit the firstling among beasts, which is born as a
firstling to HaShem, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox or sheep, it is
HaShem'S.
27 And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall ransom it
according to thy valuation, and shall add unto it the fifth part thereof; or if
it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy valuation.
28 Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, that a man may devote
unto HaShem of all that he hath, whether of man or beast, or of the field of his
possession, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy unto
HaShem.
29 None devoted, that may be devoted of men, shall be
ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.
30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the
land, or of the fruit of the tree, is HaShem'S; it is holy unto HaShem.
31 And if a man will redeem aught of his tithe, he shall add
unto it the fifth part thereof.
32 And all the tithe of the herd or the flock, whatsoever
passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto HaShem.
33 He shall not inquire whether it be good or bad, neither
shall he change it; and if he change it at all, then both it and that for which
it is changed shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.
34 These are the commandments, which HaShem commanded Moses
for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.
Sources: Portions copyright © 1997 by Benyamin Pilant, All Rights Reserved
JPS Electronic Edition, based on the 1917 JPS translation, Copyright © 1998 by Larry Nelson, All Rights Reserved
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