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Special Offerings

27 The Lord told Moses, “Tell the Israelis that when a person[a] makes a special vow based on the appropriate value of people who belong to the Lord, if your valuation of the vow[b] is for a male from 20 to 60 years old, the valuation is to be 50 shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 27:2 Lit. man, and so throughout the chapter
  2. Leviticus 27:3 The Heb. lacks of the vow

Redeeming What Is the Lord’s

27 The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If anyone makes a special vow(A) to dedicate a person to the Lord by giving the equivalent value, set the value of a male between the ages of twenty and sixty at fifty shekels[a] of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel[b];(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 27:3 That is, about 1 1/4 pounds or about 575 grams; also in verse 16
  2. Leviticus 27:3 That is, about 2/5 ounce or about 12 grams; also in verse 25