{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/web/leviticus/27","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T23:19:20.709Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Leviticus","bookSlug":"leviticus","chapter":27,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":26,"nextChapter":null,"totalChapters":27,"totalVerses":34},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"|Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, 'When a man makes a vow, the persons shall be for Yahweh by your valuation."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Your valuation shall be of a male from twenty years old even to sixty years old, even your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"If it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"If the person is from five years old even to twenty years old, then your valuation shall be for a male twenty shekels, and for a female ten shekels."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"If the person is from a month old even to five years old, then your valuation shall be for a male five shekels of silver, and for a female your valuation shall be three shekels of silver."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"If the person is from sixty years old and upward; if it is a male, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels, and for a female ten shekels."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But if he is poorer than your valuation, then he shall be set before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to the ability of him who vowed shall the priest value him."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"|'If it is an animal, of which men offer an offering to Yahweh, all that any man gives of such to Yahweh becomes holy."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"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 animal for animal, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"If it is any unclean animal, of which they do not offer as an offering to Yahweh, then he shall set the animal before the priest;"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"and the priest shall value it, whether it is good or bad. As you the priest values it, so shall it be."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"But if he will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of it to its valuation."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"|'When a man dedicates his house to be holy to Yahweh, then the priest shall evaluate it, whether it is good or bad: as the priest shall evaluate it, so shall it stand."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"If he who dedicates it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall be his."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"|'If a man dedicates to Yahweh part of the field of his possession, then your valuation shall be according to the seed for it: the sowing of a homer of barley shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"If he dedicates his field from the Year of Jubilee, according to your valuation it shall stand."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"But if he dedicates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain to the Year of Jubilee; and an abatement shall be made from your valuation."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"If he who dedicated the field will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall remain his."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"If he will not redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more;"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"but the field, when it goes out in the Jubilee, shall be holy to Yahweh, as a field devoted; it shall be owned by the priests."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"|'If he dedicates to Yahweh a field which he has bought, which is not of the field of his possession,"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"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 thing to Yahweh."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land belongs."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"All your valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs to the shekel."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"|'Only the firstborn among animals, which is made a firstborn to Yahweh, no man may dedicate it; whether an ox or sheep, it is Yahweh's."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"If it is an unclean animal, then he shall buy it back according to your valuation, and shall add to it the fifth part of it: or if it isn't redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"|'Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, that a man shall devote to Yahweh of all that he has, whether of man or animal, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy to Yahweh."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"|'No one devoted, who shall be devoted from among men, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"|'All the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is Yahweh's. It is holy to Yahweh."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"If a man redeems anything of his tithe, he shall add a fifth part to it."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"All the tithe of the herds or the flocks, whatever passes under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to Yahweh."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"He shall not search whether it is good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he changes it at all, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy. It shall not be redeemed.'|"},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"These are the commandments which Yahweh commanded Moses for the children of Israel on Mount Sinai."}],"citation":{"inline":"Leviticus 27 (WEB)","markdown":"[Leviticus 27](https://primebible.com/web/leviticus/27)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/leviticus/27 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}