Leviticus 27:1-13

1The Lord spoke to Moses:

2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When someone makes a special vow to the Lord that involves the assessment of people,

3if the assessment concerns a male from twenty to sixty years old, your assessment is fifty silver shekels measured by the standard sanctuary shekel.

4If the person is a female, your assessment is thirty shekels.

5If the person is from five to twenty years old, your assessment for a male is twenty shekels and for a female ten shekels.

6If the person is from one month to five years old, your assessment for a male is five silver shekels, and for a female your assessment is three shekels of silver.

7If the person is sixty years or more, your assessment is fifteen shekels for a male and ten shekels for a female.

8But if one is too poor to pay the assessment, he is to present the person before the priest and the priest will set a value for him. The priest will set a value for him according to what the one making the vow can afford.

9“If the vow involves one of the animals that may be brought as an offering to the Lord, any of these he gives to the Lord will be holy.

10He may not replace it or make a substitution for it, either good for bad, or bad for good. But if he does substitute one animal for another, both that animal and its substitute will be holy.

11“If the vow involves any of the unclean animals that may not be brought as an offering to the Lord, the animal must be presented before the priest.

12The priest will set its value, whether high or low; the price will be set as the priest makes the assessment for you.

13If the one who brought it decides to redeem it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value.