International Children’s Bible

Leviticus 27:14-27 International Children’s Bible (ICB)

14. “‘A person might give his house as holy to the Lord. If he does, the priest must decide its value. The price will be according to whether the house is good or bad. If the priest decides a price, that is the price for the house.

15. But the person who gives the house might want to buy it back. If he does, he must add an additional one-fifth to the price. Then the house will belong to him again.

16. “‘A person might give part of his fields to the Lord. The value of those fields will depend on how much seed is needed to plant them. It will cost about one and one-fourth pounds of silver for each six bushels of barley seed needed.

17. The person might give his field at the year of Jubilee. Then its value will be what the priest decides.

18. But he might give his field after the Jubilee. If he does, the priest must decide the exact price. He must count the number of years to the next year of Jubilee. Then he will use that number to decide the exact price.

19. The person who gave the field might want to buy it back. If he does, he must add one-fifth to that price. Then the field will belong to him again.

20. “‘If he does not buy back the field, it will always belong to the priest. If it is sold to someone else, the first person cannot buy it back.

21. But the person might not buy back the land. If he doesn’t, at the year of Jubilee, it will remain holy to the Lord. It will belong to the priest forever. It will become the property of the priests.

22. “‘Someone may give a field he has bought to the Lord. But it may not be a part of his family land.

23. If he gives a field, the priest must count the years to the next Jubilee. He must decide the price for the land. Then that land will belong to the Lord.

24. At the year of Jubilee, the land will go back to its first owner. It will go back to the family who sold the land.

25. “‘You must use the measure as set by the Holy Place in paying these prices. It weighs two-fifths of an ounce.

26. “‘People may give cattle and sheep to the Lord. But if an animal is the first one born to its parent, it already belongs to the Lord. So people may not give these animals again.

27. If the animal is unclean, the person must buy it back. The priest will decide the price of the animal. And the person must add one-fifth to that price. If he does not buy it back, the priest must sell it. He will sell it for the price he had decided.