2001 Translation - An American English Bible

1Then the Lord spoke to Moses and said, 2‘Speak to the children of Israel and tell them; Whenever someone wishes to make a vow to offer the value of a life to Jehovah, 3the value of a male between twenty and sixty years old must be fifty double-silver coins by the standards of the Holy Place. 4The value of a female must be thirty double-silver coins; 5the value for a male child between five and twenty years old must be twenty double-silver coins, and ten double-silver coins for a female. 6‘As for a child between one month and five years old; the value for a male must be five double-silver coins, and for a female, three double-silver coins. 7And for those who are over sixty, the value must be fifteen double-silver coins for a male and ten double-silver coins for a female. 8And if a person is too poor to pay these values, he must go before the Priest, and the Priest will value him at whatever the man says he can afford in his vow; and this is [the price] that the Priest must set for him. 9‘And when cattle are offered as gifts to Jehovah by anyone, they become holy. 10So, the [person] may not trade a good one for a bad one, or a bad one for a good one. And if someone does decide to make a trade, it must be with an equal… and both will be holy. 11‘And if [someone brings] an unclean animal (which must never be offered as a gift to Jehovah), he must bring the animal to the Priest, 12and the Priest must determine whether it is valuable or not, and whatever value the Priest sets is what must be paid for it. 13And if he wishes to buy it back, he must pay a fifth more than that amount. 14‘And if a man chooses to set aside his house as holy to Jehovah, the Priest must determine whether it is valuable or not, and whatever value the Priest sets is what must be paid. 15And if he wishes to buy it back, he must pay a fifth more for it than the valuation. 16‘And if a man should choose to designate a portion of a field that he owns as holy to Jehovah, then it must be valued by whatever is planted there. It will be worth fifty double-silver coins per two hundred and fifty quarts of barley. 17And if he [sets aside] his field as holy on the Year of Release, that’s how much it should be valued. 18But if he donates his field sometime after the Release, the Priest must figure its value to the next Year of Release, and deduct the appropriate amount from the full valuation. 19But if the one who made the field holy wishes to buy it back [before the Year of Release], he must add a fifth more to its value and it will be his. 20‘And if he doesn’t buy back the field, it may be sold to someone else, and he can’t buy it back later. 21However, after the Release, the field will be holy to Jehovah and subdivided, for the Priest will then own it. 22‘And if a man should set aside a field to Jehovah that he has bought and which isn’t a family possession, 23the Priest must calculate its value to the Year of Release, and that’s how much he must pay that day as holy to Jehovah. 24Then in the Year of Release, the land must be restored to the man who sold it and [really] owned the land. 25‘All the values must be determined by using the holy weights. A double-silver coin is worth twenty copper coins. 26‘All the firstborn cattle are Jehovah’s, so no man can [set them aside] as holy… whether it’s a calf or a sheep, it is Jehovah’s. 27‘If [a man] chooses to buy back an unclean animal, he must add a fifth more to its valuation. But if he doesn’t buy it back, it may be sold at its stated value. 28‘Anything a man has that he chooses to curse before Jehovah, whether it’s a man, an animal, or a field that he owns; it may never be sold or taken back. Everything that is cursed for destruction becomes very holy to Jehovah. 29And whoever is cursed among men must not be ransomed, but must surely be put to death. 30‘Anything in the land that is to be offered, whether it is seeds or the fruit of trees, is Jehovah’s… it is holy to Jehovah. 31And if any man should ever wish to buy back his offering, he must add a fifth more to its [value], and it will be his.  32‘And a tenth of everything, including bulls, sheep, and anything else that is taxable, will be holy to Jehovah. 33So, you may not exchange anything good for anything bad, or anything bad for something good. If you should make an exchange, it must be an equivalent, and since it is holy, it cannot be repurchased.’ 34These are the commandments that Jehovah gave to Moses for the sons of Israel on Mount Sinai.


Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
 1   Lev 27:1 He that makes a singular vow must be the Lord's.
Lev 27:3 The estimation of the person;
Lev 27:9 of a beast given by vow;
Lev 27:14 of a house;
Lev 27:16 of a field, and the redemption thereof.
Lev 27:28 No devoted thing may be redeemed.
Lev 27:30 The tithe may not be changed.
Lev 27:1

 2   When.
Gen 28:20 - Gen 28:22 Num 6:2 Num 21:2 Deut 23:21 - Deut 23:23 Judg 11:30 Judg 11:31 Judg 11:39 1Sam 1:11 1Sam 1:28
a singular vow. A vow is a religious promise made to God, for the most part with prayer, and paid with thanksgiving. Vows were either of abstinence (Num 6:30), or the devoting of something to the Lord, as sacrifices (Lev 7:16,) or the value of persons, beasts, houses, or lands, concerning which the law is here given. A man might vow or devote himself, his children, his domestics, his cattle, his goods, etc.; and respecting the redemption of all these, rules are laid down in this chapter. But if, after consecrating these things, he refused to redeem them, they then became the Lord's property forever. The persons continued all their lives devoted to the sanctuary, the goods were sold for the profit of the temple, or the priests; and the animals, if clean, were offered in sacrifice; and if not proper for sacrifice, were sold, and the proceeds devoted to sacred uses. This is a general view of the different laws relative to vows, mentioned in this chapter.
Eccl 5:4 Eccl 5:5

 3   And thy estimation.
Lev 27:14 Lev 5:15 Lev 6:6 Num 18:16 2Kgs 12:4
*marg:
Lev 27:3
fifty shekels. i. e, At three shillings each, 7Ł. 10s. sterling.
after the.
Lev 27:25 Exod 30:13

 4   thirty shekels. i.e., 4Ł. 10s. sterling, A little more than one-half the value of a man; for this obvious reason, that a woman, if employed, would not be of so much use in the sanctuary as the man.
Zech 11:12 Zech 11:13 Matt 26:15 Matt 27:9 Matt 27:10

 5   twenty shekels. i.e., 3Ł. sterling. ten shekels. i.e., 1Ł. 10s. sterling
Lev 27:5

 6   from.
Num 3:40 - Num 3:43 Num 18:14 - Num 18:16
the male. The male five shekels, 15s., the female three shekels, 9s. Being both in infancy they were nearly of an equal value.


 7   from.
Ps 90:10
fifteen. The old man and the old woman, being almost past labour, were nearly of an equal value; the former being estimated at 15 shekels, and the latter at 10.


 8   poorer.
Lev 5:7 Lev 12:8 Lev 14:21 Lev 14:22 Mark 14:7 Luke 21:1 - Luke 21:4 2Cor 8:12
according.
Jer 5:7

 9   all: is holy, i.e. separated and devoted; it cannot be redeemed like a human being, a house, or a field (Young),
Lev 27:9

 10   Lev 27:15 - Lev 27:33 Jas 1:8

 11   Deut 23:18 Mal 1:14

 12   as thou valuest it, who art the priest. Heb. according tothy estimation, O priest, etc.
Lev 27:14

 13   Lev 27:10 Lev 27:15 Lev 27:19 Lev 5:16 Lev 6:4 Lev 6:5 Lev 22:14

 14   sanctify.
Lev 27:21 Lev 25:29 - Lev 25:31 Num 18:14 Ps 101:2 - Ps 101:7
as the priest.
Lev 27:12

 15   then he shall add.
Lev 27:13

 16   some part. Though the words "some part" are not expressed, yet it is generally allowed that they should be supplied here; as it was not lawful for a man to alienate in this manner his whole patrimony: he might express his good will for the house of God but he must not impoverish his own family.
of a field.
Acts 4:34 - Acts 4:37 Acts 5:4
an homer. or, the land of an homer, etc., i.e, as much landas required a homer of barley to sow it. The homer was very different from the omer; the latter held about three quarts, the former seventy-five gallons three pints.
Isa 5:10 Ezek 45:11 - Ezek 45:14 Hos 3:2

 17   Lev 27:17

 18   Lev 25:15 Lev 25:16 Lev 25:27 Lev 25:51 Lev 25:52

 19   Lev 27:13

 20   Lev 27:20

 21   when.
Lev 25:10 Lev 25:28 Lev 25:31
devoted. It is cherem, a thing so devoted to God, as never more to be capable of being redeemed.
Lev 27:28 Lev 27:29 Deut 13:17 Josh 6:17 Ezra 10:8 Ezek 44:29
*marg:
Lev 27:21
priest's.
Num 18:14 Ezek 44:29

 22   his possession.
Lev 25:10 Lev 25:25

 23   Lev 27:12 Lev 27:18

 24   Lev 27:20 Lev 25:28

 25   And all.
Lev 27:3
to the shekel. A standard shekel; the standard being kept in the sanctuary, to try and regulate all the weights in the land by.
twenty.
Exod 30:13 Num 3:47 Num 18:16 Ezek 45:12

 26   the firstling. Heb. first born, etc. As these firstlings were the Lord's before, it would have been a solemn mockery to pretend to make them a matter of a singular vow; for they were already appointed, if clean, to be sacrificed.
which.
Exod 13:2 Exod 13:12 Exod 13:13 Exod 22:30 Num 18:17 Deut 15:19

 27   and shall add. This was probably intended to prevent rash vows and covetous redemptions. The priest alone was to value the thing; and to whatever his valuation was, a fifth part must be added by him who wished to redeem it.
Lev 27:11 - Lev 27:13

 28   no devoted. This is the cherem, the absolute, irredeemable grant to God.
Lev 27:21 Exod 22:20 Num 21:2 Num 21:3 Deut 7:1 Deut 7:2 Deut 13:15 Deut 13:16 Deut 20:16 Deut 20:17 Deut 25:19 Josh 6:17 - Josh 6:19 Josh 6:26 Josh 7:1 Josh 7:11 - Josh 7:13 Josh 7:25 Judg 11:30 Judg 11:31 Judg 21:5 Judg 21:11 Judg 21:18 1Sam 14:24 - 1Sam 14:28 1Sam 14:38 - 1Sam 14:45 1Sam 15:3 1Sam 15:18 1Sam 15:32 1Sam 15:33 Matt 25:41 Acts 23:12 - Acts 23:14 Rom 9:3 1Cor 16:22 Gal 3:10 Gal 3:13

 29   None.
Num 21:2 Num 21:3 1Sam 15:18 - 1Sam 15:23
which shall be devoted. That is, either that every person devoted to the service of God shall not be redeemed, but die in that devoted state, or, that such as were devoted to death by appointment and law of God, as the Canaanites were, shall be put to death.


 30   Gen 14:20 Gen 28:22 Num 18:21 - Num 18:24 Deut 12:5 Deut 12:6 Deut 14:22 Deut 14:23 2Chr 31:5 2Chr 31:6 2Chr 31:12 Neh 10:37 Neh 10:38 Neh 12:44 Neh 13:5 Neh 13:12 Mal 3:8 - Mal 3:10 Matt 23:23 Luke 11:42 Luke 18:12 Heb 7:5 - Heb 7:9

 31   Lev 27:13

 32   passeth under the rod. The Rabbins say, that when a man gave the tithe of his sheep or calves, he shut them in one fold, in which was a narrow door, to let out but one at a time. He then stood by the door, with a rod dipped in vermilion in his hand, and as they passed he counted them with the rod; and when the tenth came he touched it, by which it was distinguished as the tithe calf, sheep, etc.
Jer 33:13 Ezek 20:37 Mic 7:14

 33   Lev 27:10

 34   commandments.
Lev 26:46 Deut 4:45 John 1:17
in mount.
Num 1:1 Gal 4:24 Gal 4:25 Heb 12:18 - Heb 12:25
CONCLUDING REMARKS.
Thus terminates this most interesting and important book; a book containing a code of sacrificial, ceremonial, civil, and judicial laws, which, for the purity of their morality, the wisdom, justice, and beneficence of their enactments, and the simplicity, dignity, and impressive nature of their rites, are perfectly unrivalled, and altogether worthy of their Divine Author. All the rites and ceremonies of the Mosaic law are at once dignified and expressive. They point out the holiness of their Author, the sinfulness of man, the necessity of an atonement, and the state of moral excellence to which the grace and mercy of the Creator have destined to raise the human soul. They include, as well as point out, the gospel of the Son of God; from which they receive their consummation and perfection. The sacrifices and oblations were significant of the atonement of Christ; the requisite qualities of these sacrifices were emblematical of his immaculate character; and the prescribed mode in the form of these offerings, and the mystical rites ordained, were allusive institutions, calculated to enlighten the apprehensions of the Jews, and to prepare them for the reception of the Gospel. The institution of the high priesthood typified Jesus, the Great High Priest, called and prepared of God, who hath an unchangeable priesthood, and is able to save to the uttermost all that come unto God by him.