Levitico 27
La Nuova Diodati
27 L'Eterno parlò ancora a Mosè, dicendo:
2 «Parla ai figli d'Israele e di' loro: Quando uno fa un importante voto per consacrare una persona all'Eterno, e intende dare il valore equivalente,
3 se il tuo estimo riguarda un maschio dai vent'anni in su, fino ai sessant'anni, allora il tuo estimo sarà di cinquanta sicli d'argento, secondo i siclo del santuario.
4 Se si tratta di una donna, il tuo estimo sarà di trenta sicli.
5 Dai cinque anni in su fino ai vent'anni, il tuo estimo sarà di venti sicli per un maschio e di dieci sicli per una femmina.
6 Da un mese in su, fino a cinque anni, il tuo estimo sarà di cinque sicli d'argento per un maschio e di tre sicli d'argento per una femmina.
7 Dai sessant'anni in su, il tuo estimo sarà di quindici sicli per un maschio e di dieci sicli per una femmina.
8 Ma se egli è troppo povero per pagare la somma richiesta dal tuo estimo, allora sarà presentato davanti al sacerdote e il sacerdote ne farà l'estimo. Il sacerdote farà un estimo, in proporzione dei mezzi di colui che ha fatto il voto.
9 Se si tratta di animali che possono essere presentati in offerta all'Eterno, ogni animale offerto all'Eterno sarà cosa santa.
10 Egli non potrà né sostituirlo né scambiarlo, né uno buono con uno cattivo, né uno cattivo con uno buono; e se anche dovesse scambiare un animale con un altro, entrambi saranno cosa sacra.
11 Se però si tratta di un animale impuro di cui non si può fare offerta all'Eterno, allora egli presenterà l'animale davanti al sacerdote;
12 e il sacerdote ne farà l'estimo, sia l'animale buono o cattivo; qualunque estimo il sacerdote fisserà quello sarà.
13 Ma se uno lo vuole riscattare, dovrà aggiungere un quinto all'estimo.
14 Se uno consacra la sua casa per essere cosa santa all'Eterno, il sacerdote ne farà l'estimo, sia essa buona o cattiva; qualunque estimo il sacerdote fisserà quello sarà.
15 E se colui che ha consacrato la sua casa la vuole riscattare, dovrà aggiungere un quinto all'estimo e sarà sua.
16 Se uno consacra all'Eterno un campo di sua proprietà, ne farai l'estimo in base alla semente richiesta per essa: cinquanta sicli d'argento per un homer di seme d'orzo.
17 Se consacra il suo campo dall'anno del giubileo, il prezzo resterà quello fissato dal tuo estimo;
18 ma se consacra il suo campo dopo il giubileo, il sacerdote ne valuterà il prezzo in ragione degli anni che rimangono fino al giubileo, dal tuo estimo.
19 E se colui che ha consacrato il campo lo vuole riscattare, dovrà aggiungere un quinto al tuo estimo, e resterà suo.
20 Ma se non vuole riscattare il campo o se ha venduto il campo ad un altro, non lo si potrà piú riscattare;
21 e il campo, quando viene svincolato al giubileo, sarà santo all'Eterno come un campo destinato a DIO, e diventerà proprietà del sacerdote.
22 Se uno consacra all'Eterno un campo da lui comprato e che non fa parte del suo patrimonio,
23 il sacerdote stabilirà per lui il valore del tuo estimo fino all'anno del giubileo, e quel tale verserà il giorno stesso il prezzo da te fissato, come cosa sacra all'Eterno.
24 Nell'anno del giubileo il campo tornerà a colui da cui fu comprato, e del cui patrimonio faceva parte.
25 Tutti i tuoi estimi si faranno in sicli del santuario; il siclo è di venti ghere.
26 Ma nessuno potrà consacrare i primogeniti del bestiame, perché come primogeniti appartengono già all'Eterno; sia esso un bue o un agnello, appartiene all'Eterno.
27 E se si tratta di un animale impuro, lo riscatterà in base al prezzo fissato dal tuo estimo, aggiungendovi un quinto; se non è riscattato, sarà venduto al prezzo fissato dal tuo estimo.
28 Nondimeno nulla di ciò che è destinato a Dio e che uno ha destinato all'Eterno, fra tutte le cose che gli appartengono, si tratti di una persona, di un animale o di un pezzo di terra del suo patrimonio, potrà essere venduto o riscattato; ogni cosa destinata a Dio è cosa santissima all'Eterno.
29 Nessuna persona votata allo sterminio potrà essere riscattata; dovrà essere messa a morte.
30 Ogni decima della terra, sia dei prodotti del suolo che dei frutti degli alberi, appartiene all'Eterno; è cosa consacrata all'Eterno.
31 Se uno vuole riscattare una parte della sua decima, vi aggiungerà il quinto.
32 E per la decima della mandria e del gregge, il decimo capo di tutto ciò che passa sotto la verga sarà consacrato all'Eterno.
33 Non farà distinzione fra buono e cattivo, né farà scambi; e se scambia uno con un altro, ambedue saranno cosa sacra; non si potranno riscattare».
34 Questi sono i comandamenti che l'Eterno diede a Mosè per i figli d'Israele sul monte Sinai.
Leviticus 27
New King James Version
Redeeming Persons and Property Dedicated to God
27 Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: (A)‘When a man [a]consecrates by a vow certain persons to the Lord, according to your [b]valuation, 3 if your valuation is of a male from twenty years old up to sixty years old, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, (B)according to the shekel of the sanctuary. 4 If it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels; 5 and if from five years old up to twenty years old, then your valuation for a male shall be twenty shekels, and for a female ten shekels; 6 and if from a month old up to five years old, then your valuation for a male shall be five shekels of silver, and for a female your valuation shall be three shekels of silver; 7 and if from sixty years old and above, if it is a male, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels, and for a female ten shekels.
8 ‘But if he is too poor to pay your valuation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall set a value for (C)him; according to the ability of him who vowed, the priest shall value him.
9 ‘If it is an animal that men may bring as an offering to the Lord, all that anyone gives to the Lord shall be holy. 10 He shall not substitute it or exchange it, good for bad or bad for good; and if he at all exchanges animal for animal, then both it and the one exchanged for it shall be (D)holy. 11 If it is an unclean animal which they do not offer as a sacrifice to the Lord, then he shall present the animal before the priest; 12 and the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad; as you, the priest, value it, so it shall be. 13 (E)But if he wants at all to redeem it, then he must add one-fifth to your valuation.
14 ‘And when a man [c]dedicates his house to be holy to the Lord, then the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall stand. 15 If he who dedicated it wants to [d]redeem his house, then he must add one-fifth of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall be his.
16 ‘If a man [e]dedicates to the Lord part of a field of his possession, then your valuation shall be according to the seed for it. A homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. 17 If he dedicates his field from the Year of Jubilee, according to your valuation it shall stand. 18 But if he dedicates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall (F)reckon to him the money due according to the years that remain till the Year of Jubilee, and it shall be deducted from your valuation. 19 And if he who dedicates the field ever wishes to redeem it, then he must add one-fifth of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall belong to him. 20 But if he does not want to redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed anymore; 21 but the field, (G)when it is released in the Jubilee, shall be holy to the Lord, as a (H)devoted field; it shall be (I)the possession of the priest.
22 ‘And if a man dedicates to the Lord a field which he has bought, which is not the field of (J)his possession, 23 then the priest shall reckon to him the worth of your valuation, up to the Year of Jubilee, and he shall give your valuation on that day as a holy offering to the Lord. 24 (K)In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, to the one who owned the land as a possession. 25 And all your valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: (L)twenty gerahs to the shekel.
26 ‘But the (M)firstborn of the animals, which should be the Lord’s firstborn, no man shall dedicate; whether it is an ox or sheep, it is the Lord’s. 27 And if it is an unclean animal, then he shall redeem it according to your valuation, and (N)shall add one-fifth to it; or if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.
28 (O)‘Nevertheless no [f]devoted offering that a man may devote to the Lord of all that he has, both man and beast, or the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted offering is most holy to the Lord. 29 (P)No person under the ban, who may become doomed to destruction among men, shall be redeemed, but shall surely be put to death. 30 And (Q)all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s. It is holy to the Lord. 31 (R)If a man wants at all to redeem any of his tithes, he shall add one-fifth to it. 32 And concerning the tithe of the herd or the flock, of whatever (S)passes under the rod, the tenth one shall be holy to the Lord. 33 He shall not inquire whether it is good or bad, (T)nor shall he exchange it; and if he exchanges it at all, then both it and the one exchanged for it shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.’ ”
34 (U)These are the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses for the children of Israel on Mount (V)Sinai.
Footnotes
- Leviticus 27:2 Or makes a difficult or extraordinary vow
- Leviticus 27:2 appraisal
- Leviticus 27:14 sets apart
- Leviticus 27:15 buy back
- Leviticus 27:16 sets apart
- Leviticus 27:28 Given exclusively and irrevocably
Leviticus 27
English Standard Version
Laws About Vows
27 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, If anyone (A)makes a special vow to the Lord involving the valuation of persons, 3 then the valuation of a male from twenty years old up to sixty years old shall be fifty shekels[a] of silver, according to the (B)shekel of the sanctuary. 4 If the person is a female, the valuation shall be thirty shekels. 5 If the person is from five years old up to twenty years old, the valuation shall be for a male twenty shekels, and for a female ten shekels. 6 If the person is from a month old up to five years old, the valuation shall be for a male five shekels of silver, and for a female the valuation shall be three shekels of silver. 7 And if the person is sixty years old or over, then the valuation for a male shall be fifteen shekels, and for a female ten shekels. 8 And if someone is too poor to pay the valuation, then he shall be made to stand before the priest, and the priest shall value him; the priest shall value him according to what the vower can afford.
9 “If the vow[b] is an animal that may be offered as an offering to the Lord, all of it that he gives to the Lord is holy. 10 (C)He shall not exchange it or make a substitute for it, good for bad, or bad for good; and if he does in fact substitute one animal for another, then both it and the substitute shall be holy. 11 And if it is any unclean animal that may not be offered as an offering to the Lord, then he shall stand the animal before the priest, 12 and the priest shall value it as either good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall be. 13 (D)But if he wishes to redeem it, he shall add a (E)fifth to the valuation.
14 “When a man dedicates his house as a holy gift to the Lord, the priest shall value it as either good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall stand. 15 (F)And if the donor wishes to redeem his house, he shall add a (G)fifth to the valuation price, and it shall be his.
16 “If a man dedicates to the Lord part of the land that is his possession, then the valuation shall be in proportion to its seed. A homer[c] of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. 17 If he dedicates his field from the year of jubilee, the valuation shall stand, 18 but if he dedicates his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall (H)calculate the price according to the years that remain until the year of jubilee, and a deduction shall be made from the valuation. 19 (I)And if he who dedicates the field wishes to redeem it, then he shall add a (J)fifth to its valuation price, and it shall remain his. 20 But if he does not wish to redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed anymore. 21 But the field, (K)when it is released in the jubilee, shall be a holy gift to the Lord, like a field that has been (L)devoted. The priest shall be in (M)possession of it. 22 If he dedicates to the Lord a field that he has bought, (N)which is not a part of his possession, 23 (O)then the priest shall calculate the amount of the valuation for it up to the year of jubilee, and the man shall give the valuation on that day as a holy gift to the Lord. 24 (P)In the year of jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, to whom the land belongs as a possession. 25 Every valuation shall be according to (Q)the shekel of the sanctuary: (R)twenty gerahs[d] shall make a shekel.
26 “But a (S)firstborn of animals, which as a firstborn belongs to the Lord, no man may dedicate; whether ox or sheep, it is the Lord's. 27 And if it is an unclean animal, then he shall buy it back at the valuation, (T)and add a fifth to it; or, if it is not redeemed, it shall be sold at the valuation.
28 “But (U)no devoted thing that a man devotes to the Lord, of anything that he has, whether man or beast, or of his inherited field, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy to the Lord. 29 (V)No one devoted, who is to be devoted for destruction[e] from mankind, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.
30 (W)“Every tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the Lord's; it is holy to the Lord. 31 If a man wishes to redeem some of his tithe, he shall add a fifth to it. 32 And every tithe of herds and flocks, every tenth animal of all that (X)pass under the herdsman's staff, shall be holy to the Lord. 33 One shall not differentiate between good or bad, (Y)neither shall he make a substitute for it; and if he does substitute for it, then both it and the substitute shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.”
34 (Z)These are the commandments that the Lord commanded Moses for the people of Israel (AA)on Mount Sinai.
Footnotes
- Leviticus 27:3 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
- Leviticus 27:9 Hebrew it
- Leviticus 27:16 A homer was about 6 bushels or 220 liters
- Leviticus 27:25 A gerah was about 1/50 ounce or 0.6 gram
- Leviticus 27:29 That is, set apart (devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)
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