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Leviticus 27:5

A quinto autem anno usque ad vicesimum masculus dabit viginti siclos, femina decem;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Redemption;   Vows;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Dedication;   Vows;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Anathema;   Vow;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Priest;   Redemption;   Vow;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Consecrate;   Money;   Woman;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Joseph;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Dowry;   Leviticus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronology of the New Testament;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Priest;   Vows;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Jephthah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Male;   Slave;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - 'Arakin;   Jose B. Nehorai;   Majority;   Noah;   Sidra;   Valuation;  

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Quos pones subter arulam altaris : eritque craticula usque ad altaris medium.
Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
A quinto autem anno usque ad vigesimum, masculus dabit viginti siclos: femina, decem.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

twenty shekels: i.e. 3, sterling

ten shekels: i.e. 1, 10s. sterling Leviticus 27:5

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And if [it be] from five years old, even unto to twenty years old,.... Not that one of five years old is supposed to vow or to make an estimation, but one grown up, that says, the estimation of this little one, who is five years of age, be upon me; and such an one was bound to pay the value of him, which is as follows:

then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels; which were for the one above two pounds, and for the other more than one pound; these were valued at a less price than the former, partly because, generally speaking, there are more die between the age of five and the age of twenty years than between twenty and sixty; and partly because within that time they are not capable of so much work and service as in the latter; and it may be observed, that the females of this age are not valued in proportion to the females of the other; the estimation of these being just half that of the males, whereas that of the other is more than half; the reason is, that women above twenty years of age, their service bears, a better proportion to that of men, than that of young women to young men under twenty.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The relative values of the persons appear to be regulated according to an estimate of the probable value of their future work:



Ages Male Female
From a month to five years of age 5 shekels 3 shekels
From five years to twenty of age 20 shekels 10 shekels
From forty years to sixty of age 50 shekels 30 shekels
Sixty years of age and older: 15 shekels 10 shekels



As regards the shekel of the sanctuary, see Exodus 38:24 note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Leviticus 27:5. From five years old — The boy that was vowed might be redeemed for twenty shekels, 3£. sterling; the girl, for ten shekels, just one half, 1£. 10s.


 
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