Holman Christian Standard Bible

Leviticus 27:11-27 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

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.

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

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

14. “When a man consecrates his house as holy to the Lord, the priest will assess its value, whether high or low. The price will stand just as the priest assesses it.

15. But if the one who consecrated his house redeems it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value, and it will be his.

16. “If a man consecrates to the Lord any part of a field that he possesses, your assessment of value will be proportional to the seed needed to sow it, at the rate of 50 silver shekels for every five bushels of barley seed.

17. If he consecrates his field during the Year of Jubilee, the price will stand according to your assessment.

18. But if he consecrates his field after the Jubilee, the priest will calculate the price for him in proportion to the years left until the next Year of Jubilee, so that your assessment will be reduced.

19. If the one who consecrated the field decides to redeem it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value, and the field will transfer back to him.

20. But if he does not redeem the field or if he has sold it to another man, it is no longer redeemable.

21. When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will be holy to the Lord like a field permanently set apart; it becomes the priest’s property.

22. “If a person consecrates to the Lord a field he has purchased that is not part of his inherited landholding,

23. then the priest will calculate for him the amount of the assessment up to the Year of Jubilee, and the person will pay the assessed value on that day as a holy offering to the Lord.

24. In the Year of Jubilee the field will return to the one he bought it from, the original owner.

25. All your assessed values will be measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, 20 gerahs to the shekel.

26. “But no one can consecrate a firstborn of the livestock, whether an animal from the herd or flock, to the Lord, because a firstborn already belongs to the Lord.

27. If it is one of the unclean livestock, it must be ransomed according to your assessment by adding a fifth of its value to it. If it is not redeemed, it can be sold according to your assessment.