Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Leviticus 27:11-19 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

11. Donkeys are unfit for sacrifice, so if you promise me a donkey, you must bring it to the priest,

12. and let him determine its value.

13. But if you want to buy it back, you must pay an additional twenty per cent.

14. If you promise a house to me, a priest will set the price, whatever the condition of the house.

15. But if you decide to buy it back, you must pay an additional twenty per cent.

16. If you promise part of your family's land to me, its value must be determined by the amount of seed needed to plant the land, and the rate will be ten pieces of silver for every twenty kilogrammes of seed.

17. If this promise is made in the Year of Celebration, the land will be valued at the full price.

18. But any time after that, the price will be worked out according to the number of years before the next Year of Celebration.

19. If you decide to buy back the land, you must pay the price plus an additional twenty per cent,