Redeeming What Is the Lord’s
1The Lord said to Moses, 2“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If anyone makes a special vow to dedicate a person to the Lord by giving the equivalent value, 3set the value of a male between the ages of twenty and sixty at fifty shekels27:3 That is, about 1 1/4 pounds or about 575 grams; also in verse 16 of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel27:3 That is, about 2/5 ounce or about 12 grams; also in verse 25; 4for a female, set her value at thirty shekels27:4 That is, about 12 ounces or about 345 grams; 5for a person between the ages of five and twenty, set the value of a male at twenty shekels27:5 That is, about 8 ounces or about 230 grams and of a female at ten shekels27:5 That is, about 4 ounces or about 115 grams; also in verse 7; 6for a person between one month and five years, set the value of a male at five shekels27:6 That is, about 2 ounces or about 58 grams of silver and that of a female at three shekels27:6 That is, about 1 1/4 ounces or about 35 grams of silver; 7for a person sixty years old or more, set the value of a male at fifteen shekels27:7 That is, about 6 ounces or about 175 grams and of a female at ten shekels. 8If anyone making the vow is too poor to pay the specified amount, the person being dedicated is to be presented to the priest, who will set the value according to what the one making the vow can afford.
9“ ‘If what they vowed is an animal that is acceptable as an offering to the Lord, such an animal given to the Lord becomes holy. 10They must not exchange it or substitute a good one for a bad one, or a bad one for a good one; if they should substitute one animal for another, both it and the substitute become holy. 11If what they vowed is a ceremonially unclean animal—one that is not acceptable as an offering to the Lord—the animal must be presented to the priest, 12who will judge its quality as good or bad. Whatever value the priest then sets, that is what it will be. 13If the owner wishes to redeem the animal, a fifth must be added to its value.
14“ ‘If anyone dedicates their house as something holy to the Lord, the priest will judge its quality as good or bad. Whatever value the priest then sets, so it will remain. 15If the one who dedicates their house wishes to redeem it, they must add a fifth to its value, and the house will again become theirs.
16“ ‘If anyone dedicates to the Lord part of their family land, its value is to be set according to the amount of seed required for it—fifty shekels of silver to a homer27:16 That is, probably about 300 pounds or about 135 kilograms of barley seed. 17If they dedicate a field during the Year of Jubilee, the value that has been set remains. 18But if they dedicate a field after the Jubilee, the priest will determine the value according to the number of years that remain until the next Year of Jubilee, and its set value will be reduced. 19If the one who dedicates the field wishes to redeem it, they must add a fifth to its value, and the field will again become theirs. 20If, however, they do not redeem the field, or if they have sold it to someone else, it can never be redeemed. 21When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the Lord; it will become priestly property.
22“ ‘If anyone dedicates to the Lord a field they have bought, which is not part of their family land, 23the priest will determine its value up to the Year of Jubilee, and the owner must pay its value on that day as something holy to the Lord. 24In the Year of Jubilee the field will revert to the person from whom it was bought, the one whose land it was. 25Every value is to be set according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.
26“ ‘No one, however, may dedicate the firstborn of an animal, since the firstborn already belongs to the Lord; whether an ox27:26 The Hebrew word can refer to either male or female. or a sheep, it is the Lord’s. 27If it is one of the unclean animals, it may be bought back at its set value, adding a fifth of the value to it. If it is not redeemed, it is to be sold at its set value.
28“ ‘But nothing that a person owns and devotes27:28 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord. to the Lord—whether a human being or an animal or family land—may be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the Lord.
29“ ‘No person devoted to destruction27:29 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them. may be ransomed; they are to be put to death.
30“ ‘A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord. 31Whoever would redeem any of their tithe must add a fifth of the value to it. 32Every tithe of the herd and flock—every tenth animal that passes under the shepherd’s rod—will be holy to the Lord. 33No one may pick out the good from the bad or make any substitution. If anyone does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute become holy and cannot be redeemed.’ ”
34These are the commands the Lord gave Moses at Mount Sinai for the Israelites.
許願的條例
1耶和華對摩西說： 2「你要告訴以色列人：如果有人許下特別的願，以付身價的方式奉獻一個人給耶和華，就要為被奉獻者估定身價。 3以聖所的秤為準，要為二十至六十歲的男子估價十兩銀子， 4女子則估價七兩銀子； 5五至二十歲的男子估價四兩銀子，女子則估價二兩銀子； 6滿月至五歲的男子估價一兩銀子，女子則估價半兩多銀子； 7六十歲以上的男子估價三兩銀子，女子則估價二兩銀子。 8如果許願的人因貧窮而負擔不起，就要把他帶到祭司面前，祭司要按他的能力另行估價。
9「如果有人許願獻牲畜給耶和華作供物，所獻的牲畜就會成為聖物。 10不可更換所獻的牲畜，不可以壞換好，也不可以好換壞。如果更換，兩頭牲畜都會成為聖物。 11如果許願獻的是不潔淨的牲畜，即不能獻給耶和華作供物的牲畜，那人就要把牲畜帶到祭司面前， 12由祭司評定牠的好壞，祭司估價多少就是多少。 13那人如果有意贖回，必須支付祭司估定的價值，再加付五分之一。
14「如果有人把房子分別出來獻給耶和華，祭司就要評定房子的好壞，祭司估價多少就是多少。 15那人如果想贖回房子，必須支付祭司估定的價值，再加付五分之一，房子便仍歸他所有。
16「如果有人把自己繼承的部分土地分別出來獻給耶和華，祭司就要按照土地的播種量來估價，撒二百升大麥種子的土地值十兩銀子。 17如果有人在禧年奉獻土地，所估的價便是定價。 18如果是在禧年以後獻的，祭司要按照距下個禧年的年數來估價，估價要逐年減低。 19如果那人想贖回所獻的土地，要在估價的基礎上加付五分之一，土地便仍歸他所有。 20他如果沒有贖回土地，而是賣給別人，便再也不能贖回。 21到了禧年，那土地要像永遠獻給耶和華的土地一樣歸耶和華，成為祭司的產業。
22「如果獻給耶和華的土地不是自己的產業，而是買來的， 23祭司就要按照距下個禧年的年數來估價。那人要當天付清地價，地價歸耶和華。 24到了禧年，他要把所獻的土地歸還給賣主，就是土地的原主。 25所有價銀的稱量要以聖所的秤為準，即二十季拉為一舍客勒27·25 一舍客勒約合十一克。。
26「潔淨牲畜的頭胎，無論是牛是羊，已經屬於耶和華，任何人不可再把牠獻給耶和華。 27如果是不潔淨牲畜的頭胎，他可以在祭司的估價基礎上，加付五分之一把牠贖回；如果不贖回，就要按估價把牠賣掉。 28凡永遠獻上的27·28 「永遠獻上的」指完全獻給耶和華、永不可贖回的人或物，一般要被毀滅。此律多適用於戰爭中被攻佔的城邑或戰俘。，不論是人、牲畜或是田產，都不可賣掉，也不可贖回，因為這一切都是耶和華的至聖之物。 29凡永遠獻上的人不可被贖回，必須被處死。
30「土地的所有出產中，不論是穀物還是樹上的果實，十分之一屬於耶和華，是耶和華的聖物。 31如果有人想從那十分之一中贖回一部分，他要加付估價的五分之一。 32至於牛羊，要讓牠們從牧人的杖下經過，每十隻的第十隻要歸耶和華作聖物。 33不論是好是壞，不可挑揀，不可更換。如果更換，兩隻都要作聖物，不可贖回。」
34以上是耶和華在西奈山上藉摩西向以色列人頒佈的誡命。
