Leviticus 27

vayedabber Adonai el-mosheh lemor

GOD spoke to Moses, saying:

dabber el-bene yisra'el ve'amarta alehem ish ki yafli neder be'erkekha nefashot la-Adonai

Speak to the Israelite people and say to them: When anyone explicitly vows to GOD the equivalent for a human being,

vehayah erkekha hazzakhar mibben esrim shanah ve'ad ben-shishim shanah vehayah erkekha khamishim sheqel kesef besheqel haqqodesh

the following scale shall apply: If it is a male from twenty to sixty years of age, the equivalent is fifty shekels of silver by the sanctuary weight;

ve'im-neqevah hiv vehayah erkekha sheloshim shaqel

if it is a female, the equivalent is thirty shekels.

ve'im mibben-khamesh shanim ve'ad ben-esrim shanah vehayah erkekha hazzakhar esrim sheqalim velanneqevah aseret sheqalim

If the age is from five years to twenty years, the equivalent is twenty shekels for a male and ten shekels for a female.

ve'im mibben-khodesh ve'ad ben-khamesh shanim vehayah erkekha hazzakhar khamisha sheqalim kasef velanneqevah erkekha sheloshet sheqalim kasef

If the age is from one month to five years, the equivalent for a male is five shekels of silver, and the equivalent for a female is three shekels of silver.

ve'im mibben-shishim shanah vamalah im-zakhar vehayah erkekha khamisha asar shaqel velanneqevah asarah sheqalim

If the age is sixty years or over, the equivalent is fifteen shekels in the case of a male and ten shekels for a female.

ve'im-makh hu me'erkekha vehe'emido lifne hakkohen vehe'erikh oto hakkohen al-pi asher tassig yad hannoder ya'arikhennu hakkohen

But if someone cannot afford the equivalent, they shall be presented before the priest, and the priest shall make an assessment; the priest shall make the assessment according to what the vower can afford.

ve'im-behemah asher yaqrivu mimmennah qorban la-Adonai kol asher yitten mimmennu la-Adonai yihyeh-qqodesh

If [the vow concerns] any animal that may be brought as an offering to GOD, any such that may be given to GOD shall be holy.

lo yakhalifennu velo-yamir oto tov bera o-ra betov ve'im-hamer yamir behemah bivhemah vehayah-hu utemurato yihyeh-qqodesh

One may not exchange or substitute another for it, either good for bad, or bad for good; if one does substitute one animal for another, the thing vowed and its substitute shall both be holy.

ve'im kol-behemah teme'ah asher lo-yaqrivu mimmennah qorban la-Adonai vehe'emid et-habbehemah lifne hakkohen

If [the vow concerns] any impure animal that may not be brought as an offering to GOD, the animal shall be presented before the priest,

vehe'erikh hakkohen otah ben tov uven ra ke'erkekha hakkohen ken yihyeh

and the priest shall assess it. Whether high or low, whatever assessment is set by the priest shall stand;

ve'im-ga'ol yigalennah veyasaf khamishito al-erkekha

and if one wishes to redeem it, one-fifth must be added to its assessment.

ve'ish ki-yaqdish et-beto qodesh la-Adonai vehe'erikho hakkohen ben tov uven ra ka'asher ya'arikh oto hakkohen ken yaqum

Regarding anyone who consecrates a house to GOD: The priest shall assess it. Whether high or low, as the priest assesses it, so it shall stand;

ve'im-hammaqdish yigal et-beto veyasaf khamishit kesef-erkekha alayw vehayah lo

and if the one who has consecrated the house wishes to redeem it, one-fifth must be added to the sum at which it was assessed, and then it shall be returned.

ve'im missedeh akhuzzato yaqdish ish la-Adonai vehayah erkekha lefi zaro zera khomer se'orim bakhamishim sheqel kasef

If anyone consecrates to GOD a land-holding, its assessment shall be in accordance with its seed requirement: fifty shekels of silver to a ḥomer of barley seed.

im-mishenat hayyovel yaqdish sadehu ke'erkekha yaqum

If the land is consecrated as of the jubilee year, its assessment stands.

ve'im-akhar hayyovel yaqdish sadehu vekhishav-lo hakkohen et-hakkesef al-pi hashanim hannotarot ad shenat hayyovel venigra me'erkekha

But if the land is consecrated after the jubilee, the priest shall compute the price according to the years that are left until the jubilee year, and its assessment shall be so reduced;

ve'im-ga'ol yigal et-hassadeh hammaqdish oto veyasaf khamishit kesef-erkekha alayw veqam lo

and if the one who consecrated the land wishes to redeem it, one-fifth must be added to the sum at which it was assessed, and it shall be passed back.

ve'im-lo yigal et-hassadeh ve'im-makhar et-hassadeh le'ish akher lo yigga'el od

But if the one [who consecrated it] did not redeem the land, and the land was sold to another party, it shall no longer be redeemable:

vehayah hassadeh betseto vayyovel qodesh la-Adonai kisdeh hakherem lakkohen tihyeh akhuzzato

when it is released in the jubilee, the land shall be holy to GOD, as land proscribed; it becomes the priest’s holding.

ve'im et-sedeh miqnato asher lo missedeh akhuzzato yaqdish la-Adonai

If one consecrates to GOD land that was purchased, which is not one’s land-holding,

vekhishav-lo hakkohen et mikhsat ha'erkekha ad shenat hayyovel venatan et-ha'erkekha bayyom hahu qodesh la-Adonai

the priest shall compute the proportionate assessment up to the jubilee year, and the assessment shall be paid as of that day, a sacred donation to GOD.

bishnat hayyovel yashuv hassadeh la'asher qanahu me'itto la'asher-lo akhuzzat ha'arets

In the jubilee year the land shall revert to the one from whom it was bought, whose holding the land is.

vekhol-erkekha yihyeh besheqel haqqodesh esrim gerah yihyeh hashaqel

All assessments shall be by the sanctuary weight, the shekel being twenty gerahs.

akh-bekhor asher-yevukkar la-Adonai bivhemah lo-yaqdish ish oto im-shor im-seh la-Adonai hu

A firstling of animals, however, which—as a firstling—is GOD’s, cannot be consecrated by anybody; whether ox or sheep, it is GOD’s.

ve'im babbehemah hatteme'ah ufadah ve'erkekha veyasaf khamishito alayw ve'im-lo yigga'el venimkar be'erkekha

But if it is of impure animals, it may be ransomed at its assessment, with one-fifth added; if it is not redeemed, it shall be sold at its assessment.

akh-kol-kherem asher yakharim ish la-Adonai mikkol-asher-lo me'adam uvehemah umissedeh akhuzzato lo yimmakher velo yigga'el kol-kherem qodesh-qodashim hu la-Adonai

But of all that anyone owns, be it human or animal or land-holding, nothing that has been proscribed for GOD may be sold or redeemed; every proscribed thing is totally consecrated to GOD.

kol-kherem asher yokhoram min-ha'adam lo yippadeh mot yumat

No human being who has been proscribed can be ransomed: they shall be put to death.

vekhol-masar ha'arets mizzera ha'arets mipperi ha'ets la-Adonai hu qodesh la-Adonai

All tithes from the land, whether seed from the ground or fruit from the tree, are GOD’s; they are holy to GOD.

ve'im-ga'ol yigal ish mimma'asro khamishito yosef alayw

If someone wishes to redeem any of their tithes, one-fifth must be added to them.

vekhol-masar baqar vatson kol asher-ya'avor takhat hashavet ha'asiri yihyeh-qqodesh la-Adonai

All tithes of the herd or flock—of all that passes under the shepherd’s staff, every tenth one—shall be holy to GOD.

lo yevaqqer ben-tov lara velo yemirennu ve'im-hamer yemirennu vehayah-hu utemurato yihyeh-qqodesh lo yigga'el

One must not look out for good as against bad, or make substitution for it. If one does make substitution for it, then it and its substitute shall both be holy: it cannot be redeemed.

elleh hammitsvot asher tsivvah Adonai et-mosheh el-bene yisra'el behar sinay

These are the commandments that GOD gave Moses for the Israelite people on Mount Sinai.