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be for a male twenty shekels, and for a female ten shekels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/27.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And if the person is from five to twenty years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/27.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And if <i>it be</i> from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/27.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/27.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And if <i>the person</i> is from five years even to twenty years old, then your assessment for a male shall be twenty shekels, and for a female, ten shekels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/27.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216If it be from five years even to twenty years old then your valuation for the male shall be twenty shekels and for the female ten shekels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/27.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘And if it be from five years even to twenty years old then your valuation for the male shall be twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/27.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />If it be from five years even to twenty years old then your valuation for the male shall be twenty shekels and for the female ten shekels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/27.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />If the person is between five years and twenty years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be twenty shekels and for the female ten shekels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/27.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If the person is from five to twenty years old, your assessment for a male is twenty shekels and for a female ten shekels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/27.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If the person is from five to 20 years old, your assessment for a male is 20 shekels and for a female 10 shekels. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/27.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/27.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/27.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />For a boy from 5 to 20 years old, give 8 ounces and for a girl give 4 ounces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/27.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />If a person is from five to 20 years, then your valuation for a male is to be 20 shekels and for a female ten shekels. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/27.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And if the person is from five to twenty years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/27.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />If the person is from five years old up to twenty years old, the conversion value of the male is twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/27.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />If the person is from five years old even to twenty years old, then your valuation shall be for a male twenty shekels, and for a female ten shekels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/27.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And if it shall be from five years old even to twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/27.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />If the person is from five years old to twenty years old, then your valuation shall be for a male twenty shekels, and for a female ten shekels. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/27.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and if from a son of five years even to a son of twenty years, then your valuation of the male has been twenty shekels, and for the female, ten shekels;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/27.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and if from a son of five years even unto a son of twenty years -- then hath thy valuation been of the male twenty shekels, and for the female, ten shekels;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/27.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And if from the son of five years, and even to the son of twenty years, and thy estimation was, the male, twenty shekels, and for the female, ten shekels.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/27.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But from the fifth year until the twentieth, a man shall give twenty sicles: a woman ten. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/27.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But from the fifth year until the twentieth, a male shall give twenty shekels; a female, ten.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/27.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For persons between the ages of five and twenty, the value for a male shall be twenty shekels, and for a female, ten shekels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/27.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />If the age is from five to twenty years of age, the equivalent is twenty shekels for a male and ten shekels for a female.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/27.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And if it is from five years old up to twenty years old, then the valuation of the male shall be twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/27.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And if from a son of five years and unto a son of twenty years, the price of males shall be twenty shekels.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/27.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy valuation shall be for the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/27.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And if it be from five years old to twenty, the valuation of a male shall be twenty didrachms, and of a female ten didrachms.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/27-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=7554" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/27.htm">Rules about Valuations</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>Or if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: wə·’im (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">And if the person is</a> <a href="/hebrew/2568.htm" title="2568: ḥā·mêš (Number-fs) -- Five. Masculine chamishshah; a primitive numeral; five.">from five</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: wə·‘aḏ (Conj-w:: Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ben- (N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.)."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6242.htm" title="6242: ‘eś·rîm (Number-cp) -- Twenty. From eser; twenty; also twentieth.">twenty</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: mib·ben- (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">years of age,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nîm (N-fp) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6187.htm" title="6187: ‘er·kə·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- An order, row, estimate. From arak; a pile, equipment, estimate.">then your valuation</a> <a href="/hebrew/2145.htm" title="2145: haz·zā·ḵār (Art:: N-ms) -- Male. From zakar; properly, remembered, i.e. A male.">for the male</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">shall be</a> <a href="/hebrew/6242.htm" title="6242: ‘eś·rîm (Number-cp) -- Twenty. From eser; twenty; also twentieth.">twenty</a> <a href="/hebrew/8255.htm" title="8255: šə·qā·lîm (N-mp) -- (a measure of weight) shekel. From shaqal; probably a weight; used as a commercial standard.">shekels,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5347.htm" title="5347: wə·lan·nə·qê·ḇāh (Conj-w, Prep-l, Art:: N-fs) -- A female. From naqab; female.">and for the female</a> <a href="/hebrew/6235.htm" title="6235: ‘ă·śe·reṯ (Number-msc) -- Ten. Masculine of term aasarah; from asar; ten.">ten</a> <a href="/hebrew/8255.htm" title="8255: šə·qā·lîm (N-mp) -- (a measure of weight) shekel. From shaqal; probably a weight; used as a commercial standard.">shekels.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>Now if the person is from one month to five years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be five shekels of silver, and for the female three shekels of silver.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/3-47.htm">Numbers 3:47</a></span><br />you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/18-16.htm">Numbers 18:16</a></span><br />You are to pay the redemption price for a month-old male according to your valuation: five shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/30-13.htm">Exodus 30:13-15</a></span><br />Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD. / Everyone twenty years of age or older who crosses over must give this offering to the LORD. / In making the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives, the rich shall not give more than a half shekel, nor shall the poor give less.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/1-24.htm">1 Samuel 1:24</a></span><br />Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/12-4.htm">2 Kings 12:4</a></span><br />Then Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as sacred gifts into the house of the LORD—the census money, the money from vows, and the money brought voluntarily into the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/24-9.htm">2 Chronicles 24:9</a></span><br />And a proclamation was issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they were to bring to the LORD the tax imposed by Moses the servant of God on Israel in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/10-32.htm">Nehemiah 10:32-33</a></span><br />We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God: / for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moons and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the duties of the house of our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/45-12.htm">Ezekiel 45:12-16</a></span><br />The shekel will consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels will equal one mina. / This is the contribution you are to offer: a sixth of an ephah from each homer of wheat, and a sixth of an ephah from each homer of barley. / The prescribed portion of oil, measured by the bath, is a tenth of a bath from each cor (a cor consists of ten baths or one homer, since ten baths are equivalent to a homer). ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/17-24.htm">Matthew 17:24-27</a></span><br />After they had arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, “Does your Teacher pay the two drachmas?” / “Yes,” he answered. When Peter entered the house, Jesus preempted him. “What do you think, Simon?” He asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect customs and taxes: from their own sons, or from others?” / “From others,” Peter answered. “Then the sons are exempt,” Jesus said to him. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/2-22.htm">Luke 2:22-24</a></span><br />And when the time of purification according to the Law of Moses was complete, His parents brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord / (as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”), / and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/21-23.htm">Acts 21:23-26</a></span><br />Therefore do what we advise you. There are four men with us who have taken a vow. / Take these men, purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses so they can have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know that there is no truth to these rumors about you, but that you also live in obedience to the law. / As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-1.htm">Romans 12:1</a></span><br />Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-19.htm">1 Corinthians 6:19-20</a></span><br />Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; / you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/16-2.htm">1 Corinthians 16:2</a></span><br />On the first day of every week, each of you should set aside a portion of his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will be needed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/8-12.htm">2 Corinthians 8:12</a></span><br />For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And if it be from five years old even to twenty years old, then your estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.</p><p class="hdg">twenty shekels, i.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/27-3.htm">Ages</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-4.htm">Estimation</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-44.htm">Female</a> <a href="/exodus/38-28.htm">Five</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-3.htm">Male</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-4.htm">Shekels</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-26.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-3.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-4.htm">Valuation</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-4.htm">Value</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/8-13.htm">Ages</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-6.htm">Estimation</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-6.htm">Female</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-6.htm">Five</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-6.htm">Male</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-6.htm">Shekels</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-7.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-25.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-6.htm">Valuation</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-6.htm">Value</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 27</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/27-1.htm">He who makes a singular vow must be the Lord's</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/27-3.htm">The estimation of the person</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/27-9.htm">of a beast given by vow</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/27-14.htm">of a house</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/27-16.htm">of a field, and the redemption thereof</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/27-28.htm">No devoted thing may be redeemed</a></span><br><span class="reftext">30. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/27-30.htm">The tithe may not be changed</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/27.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/leviticus/27.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>And if the person is from five to twenty years of age</b><br>This phrase refers to the age range of individuals who are being dedicated to the Lord through a vow. In ancient Israel, vows were a common practice, and individuals could dedicate themselves or others to God. The age range specified here indicates a period of life where individuals are not yet fully mature but are capable of contributing to society. This reflects the cultural understanding of maturity and responsibility in ancient Israel.<p><b>then your valuation for the male shall be twenty shekels</b><br>The valuation system in <a href="/leviticus/27.htm">Leviticus 27</a> is based on the economic value of individuals in terms of their potential labor contribution. Twenty shekels for a male in this age range reflects the higher economic value placed on males due to their expected physical labor capabilities. This valuation system is not a reflection of intrinsic worth but rather a practical guideline for fulfilling vows. The shekel was a standard unit of weight and currency in the ancient Near East, and its use here underscores the economic considerations of the time.<p><b>and for the female ten shekels</b><br>The valuation for females is set at ten shekels, half that of males. This difference highlights the cultural and economic context of ancient Israel, where males were often seen as the primary laborers. However, it is important to note that this valuation does not imply lesser spiritual or personal worth. In the broader biblical narrative, women are valued and play crucial roles in God's plan, as seen in figures like Deborah, Ruth, and Esther. The valuation system reflects societal norms rather than divine endorsement of inequality.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The author of Leviticus, who received the laws from God on Mount Sinai. He is the central figure in delivering God's commandments to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The recipients of the laws in Leviticus, including the instructions on vows and valuations.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/tabernacle.htm">Tabernacle</a></b><br>The place where the Israelites worshiped and where the priests performed their duties, including the handling of vows and offerings.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/priests.htm">Priests</a></b><br>The individuals responsible for overseeing the valuations and ensuring that the laws were followed according to God's instructions.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/shekel.htm">Shekel</a></b><br>The unit of currency used in ancient Israel, significant in the valuation process described in this passage.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_valuation_in_context.htm">Understanding Valuation in Context</a></b><br>The valuation system reflects the economic and social structures of ancient Israel. It is important to understand these valuations in their historical and cultural context rather than through modern lenses.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_principle_of_dedication.htm">The Principle of Dedication</a></b><br>The passage highlights the importance of dedicating oneself or one's possessions to God. It encourages believers to consider what they can dedicate to God in their own lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/gender_and_value.htm">Gender and Value</a></b><br>The differing valuations for males and females reflect the societal norms of the time. This invites discussion on how cultural contexts influence religious practices and how we can apply biblical principles in today's context.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/commitment_to_god.htm">Commitment to God</a></b><br>The passage underscores the seriousness of making vows to God. Believers are encouraged to be thoughtful and sincere in their commitments to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_order.htm">God's Sovereignty and Order</a></b><br>The detailed instructions in Leviticus demonstrate God's desire for order and structure in worship and community life. This can inspire believers to seek God's order in their personal and communal lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_27.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 27</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_sanctuary_shekel.htm">What is the sanctuary shekel?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_leviticus_27_7-8_promote_inequality.htm">Leviticus 27:7-8: How can the poor be expected to fulfill vow payments that might exceed their means, and does this system promote inequality?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_leviticus_value_genders_unequally.htm">Leviticus 27:2-4: Why does the text assign different monetary values to men and women, implying unequal worth?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_leads_your_heart_to_truth.htm">What does the Bible say about aging?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/27.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">If it be from five years old, even unto twenty years.</span>--From the fact that a child of five years is here mentioned it is evident that the vows hero spoken of are not simply those which a man makes with regard to his own person, but which he also makes about others, since a vow involving the payment of a considerable sum of money on the part of a child was of no force. The case, therefore, here contemplated is of a father or mother vowing the male child unto the Lord or of any other person taking upon himself to pay the value of such and such a child to the sanctuary, This is still more manifest from the following verse.<p><span class= "bld">The male twenty shekels.</span>--As the services of a boy at the age here specified are of much less value, the parent, or anyone else, who vows him to the sanctuary is to pay 2 11s. 8d.<p><span class= "bld">The female ten shekels.</span>--For the girl, whose value is proportionately less, the vower is to pay 1 5s. 10d.; being the same value put on an old woman. (See <a href="/leviticus/27-7.htm" title="And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then your estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.">Leviticus 27:7</a>.)<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/27-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And if [the person is]</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאִ֨ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’im)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from five</span><br /><span class="heb">חָמֵ֜שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·mêš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2568.htm">Strong's 2568: </a> </span><span class="str2">Five</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעַד֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘aḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">twenty</span><br /><span class="heb">עֶשְׂרִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(‘eś·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6242.htm">Strong's 6242: </a> </span><span class="str2">Twenty, twentieth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">years of age,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִבֶּן־</span> <span class="translit">(mib·ben-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">then your valuation</span><br /><span class="heb">עֶרְכְּךָ֛</span> <span class="translit">(‘er·kə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6187.htm">Strong's 6187: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pile, equipment, estimate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for the male</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזָּכָ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zā·ḵār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2145.htm">Strong's 2145: </a> </span><span class="str2">Remembered, a male</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shall be</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָיָ֧ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">twenty</span><br /><span class="heb">עֶשְׂרִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(‘eś·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6242.htm">Strong's 6242: </a> </span><span class="str2">Twenty, twentieth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shekels,</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁקָלִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(šə·qā·lîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8255.htm">Strong's 8255: </a> </span><span class="str2">A weight, a commercial standard</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and for the female</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלַנְּקֵבָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lan·nə·qê·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5347.htm">Strong's 5347: </a> </span><span class="str2">A female</span><br /><br /><span class="word">ten</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲשֶׂ֥רֶת</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·śe·reṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6235.htm">Strong's 6235: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ten</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shekels.</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁקָלִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(šə·qā·lîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8255.htm">Strong's 8255: </a> </span><span class="str2">A weight, a commercial standard</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/27-5.htm">Leviticus 27:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/27-5.htm">Leviticus 27:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/27-5.htm">Leviticus 27:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/27-5.htm">Leviticus 27:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/27-5.htm">Leviticus 27:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/27-5.htm">Leviticus 27:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/27-5.htm">Leviticus 27:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/27-5.htm">Leviticus 27:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/27-5.htm">Leviticus 27:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/27-5.htm">Leviticus 27:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/27-5.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 27:5 If the person is from five years (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/27-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 27:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 27:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/27-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 27:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 27:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>