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Instructions About Vows

¹ Then^[a] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ² "Speak to the Israelites,^[b] and say^[c] to them, ‘When a man makes a vow according to your^[d] proper value of persons to Yahweh, ³ if^[e] your proper value is for a male^[f] from twenty years of age^[g] up to^[h] sixty years of age,^[i] then^[j] your proper value shall be fifty shekels of money according to the sanctuary's shekel. ⁴ But^[k] if it is for a female, then^[l] your proper value shall be thirty shekels. ⁵ And if from five years of age^[m] up to^[n] twenty years of age,^[o] then^[p] your proper value shall be twenty shekels for the male and ten shekels for the female. ⁶ And if from a month of age^[q] up to^[r] five years of age,^[s] then^[t] your proper value shall be five shekels of money for the male, and your proper value for the female shall be three shekels of money. ⁷ And if from sixty years of age^[u] and above: if a male, then^[v] your proper value shall be fifteen shekels; and for the female, ten shekels. ⁸ But^[w] if he is poorer than your proper value, then^[x] he shall present himself before^[y] the priest, and the priest shall set a value on him; the priest shall value him according to^[z] what the person who made a vow can afford.^[aa]

⁹ "‘And if it is a domestic animal from which they present an offering for Yahweh, all that he gives from it for Yahweh shall be a holy object. ¹⁰ He shall not replace it, nor shall he exchange it, either good with bad or bad with good; and if he indeed exchanges a domestic animal with a domestic animal, then^[ab] it and its substitution shall be a holy object.^{[ac] 11} But^[ad] if it is any unclean animal from which they may not present an offering for Yahweh, then^[ae] he shall present the animal before^[af] the priest. ¹² And the priest shall set a value on it, either good or bad;^[ag] as the priest sets your proper value, so it shall be. ¹³ And if he indeed wants to redeem it, then^[ah] he shall add a fifth of it onto your proper value.

¹⁴ "‘And if a man consecrates his house as a holy object for Yahweh, then^[ai] the priest shall set a value on it, either good or bad;^[aj] just as the priest sets a value on it, so it shall remain. ¹⁵ But^[ak] if the one who consecrates it wants to redeem his house, then^[al] he shall add a fifth of your proper value's money onto it, and it shall be his.

¹⁶ "‘And if a man consecrates some of^[am] his property's fields^[an] for Yahweh, then^[ao] your proper value shall be in accordance with its seed requirements:^[ap] a homer of barley seed for fifty shekels of money. ¹⁷ If he consecrates his field from the Year of Jubilee, it shall stand as your proper value. ¹⁸ But^[aq] if he consecrates his field after the Jubilee, then^[ar] the priest shall calculate the money for him according to the number of years^[as] that are left over until the Year of Jubilee; and it shall be deducted from your proper value. ¹⁹ And if he indeed redeems the field that is consecrated, then^[at] he shall add a fifth of your proper value's money onto it, and it shall stand for^[au] him. ²⁰ And if he does not redeem the field and if he sells the field to another man, it may not be redeemed again, ²¹ and the field shall be a holy object for Yahweh when it goes out^[av] in the Jubilee, like a devoted^[aw] field; it shall be the priest's property.^[ax]

²² "‘And if he consecrates for Yahweh his acquired^[ay] field that is not the field of his inherited possession, ²³ then^[az] the priest shall calculate for him the amount^[ba] of your proper value until the year of the Jubilee, and he shall give your proper value on that day as a holy object for Yahweh. ²⁴ In the Year of the Jubilee the field shall return to the one who bought it from him, to the one whose property the land is. ²⁵ And every proper value of yours shall be in the sanctuary's shekel—the shekel shall be twenty gerahs.

²⁶ "‘However, a man shall not consecrate a firstborn among livestock, which belongs as firstborn to Yahweh; whether an ox or^[bb] small livestock, it is for Yahweh. ²⁷ And if it is among the unclean animals, then^[bc] he shall ransom it according to your proper value, and he shall add a fifth of its value onto it; and if it is not redeemed, then^[bd] it shall be sold according to your proper value. ²⁸ However, anything devoted^[be] that a man has devoted to Yahweh from all that he has,^[bf] from human or^[bg] animal, or^[bh] from the field of his property, may not be sold, and it may not be redeemed; anything devoted is a most holy thing^[bi] for Yahweh. ²⁹ Anyone devoted who is devoted from human beings^[bj] cannot be ransomed—he shall surely be put to death.

³⁰ "‘And any tithe of the land from the land's seed or from the fruit of the trees is for Yahweh; it is a holy object for Yahweh. ³¹ And if a man indeed redeems from his tithe, he shall add a fifth of its value onto it. ³² As for^[bk] every tithe of cattle or^[bl] of the flock,^[bm] all which crosses under the rod, the tenth shall be a holy object for Yahweh. ³³ He shall not inspect between the good and the bad, and he shall not exchange it; but^[bn] if he indeed exchanges it, then^[bo] it and its substitution shall be^[bp] a holy object—it shall not be redeemed.'"

³⁴ These are the commands that Yahweh commanded Moses for the Israelites^[bq] on Mount Sinai.^[br]