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A man between the ages of twenty and sixty is valued at fifty shekels of silver, as measured by the sanctuary shekel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/27.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />then the valuation of a male from twenty years old up to sixty years old shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/27.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />if the valuation concerns a male from twenty to sixty years of age, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/27.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/27.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />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, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/27.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />If your assessment is of a male from twenty years even to sixty years old, then your assessment shall be fifty shekels of silver, by the shekel of the sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/27.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216If your valuation is of the male from twenty years even to sixty years old, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/27.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘If your valuation is of the male from twenty years even to sixty years old, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/27.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />If your valuation is of the male from twenty years even to sixty years old, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/27.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />If your valuation is of a male between twenty and sixty years of age, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/27.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />if the assessment concerns a male from twenty to sixty years old, your assessment is fifty silver shekels measured by the standard sanctuary shekel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/27.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />if the assessment concerns a male from 20 to 60 years old, your assessment is 50 silver shekels measured by the standard sanctuary shekel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/27.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/27.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/27.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The amount you must give for a man from 20 to 60 years old is 20 ounces of silver. Use the standard weight of the holy place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/27.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />if your valuation of the vow is for a male from 20 to 60 years old, the valuation is to be 50 shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/27.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />if the valuation concerns a male from twenty to sixty years of age, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/27.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />the conversion value of the male from twenty years old up to sixty years old is fifty shekels by the standard of the sanctuary shekel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/27.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Your valuation shall be of a male from twenty years old even to sixty years old, even your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/27.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And thy estimation shall be, of the male from twenty years old even to sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/27.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />your valuation of a male from twenty years old to sixty years old shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/27.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />then your valuation has been of the male from a son of twenty years even to a son of sixty years, and your valuation has been fifty shekels of silver by the shekel of the holy place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/27.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> When thy valuation hath been of the male from a son of twenty years even unto a son of sixty years, then hath been thy valuation fifty shekels of silver by the shekel of the sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/27.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And thy estimation was the male of the son of twenty years, and even to the son of sixty years; and thy estimation was fifty shekels of silver by the shekel of the holy place.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/27.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />If it be a man from twenty years old unto sixty years old, he shall give fifty sides of silver, after the weight of the sanctuary: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/27.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />If it is a male from twenty years to sixty years, he shall give fifty shekels of silver, by the measure of the Sanctuary;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/27.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />the value for males between the ages of twenty and sixty shall be fifty silver shekels, by the sanctuary shekel;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/27.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />the equivalent for a male shall be: from twenty to sixty years of age the equivalent shall be fifty shekels of silver by the sanctuary shekel.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/27.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then the valuation of a male from twenty years old up to sixty years old shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/27.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />The price of a male from a son of twenty years and above and unto a son of sixty years shall be the price of fifty shekels of silver in the shekel of Holiness.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/27.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />then thy valuation shall be for the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/27.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />the valuation of a male from twenty years old to sixty years old shall be - his valuation shall be fifty didrachms of silver by the standard of the sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/27-3.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=7538" 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">2</span>“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘When someone makes a special vow to the LORD involving the value of persons, <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6187.htm" title="6187: ‘er·kə·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- An order, row, estimate. From arak; a pile, equipment, estimate.">if the valuation</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.">concerns</a> <a href="/hebrew/2145.htm" title="2145: haz·zā·ḵār (Art:: N-ms) -- Male. From zakar; properly, remembered, i.e. A male.">a male</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.)."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6242.htm" title="6242: ‘eś·rîm (Number-cp) -- Twenty. From eser; twenty; also twentieth.">from 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/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/8346.htm" title="8346: šiš·šîm (Number-cp) -- Sixty. Multiple of shesh; sixty.">sixty</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">years of age,</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/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/2572.htm" title="2572: ḥă·miš·šîm (Number-cp) -- Fifty. Multiple of chamesh; fifty.">fifty</a> <a href="/hebrew/8255.htm" title="8255: še·qel (N-ms) -- (a measure of weight) shekel. From shaqal; probably a weight; used as a commercial standard.">shekels</a> <a href="/hebrew/3701.htm" title="3701: ke·sep̄ (N-ms) -- Silver, money. From kacaph; silver; by implication, money.">of silver,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6944.htm" title="6944: haq·qō·ḏeš (Art:: N-ms) -- Apartness, sacredness. From qadash; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity.">according to the sanctuary</a> <a href="/hebrew/8255.htm" title="8255: bə·še·qel (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- (a measure of weight) shekel. From shaqal; probably a weight; used as a commercial standard.">shekel.</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>Or if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.…<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/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/30-12.htm">Exodus 30:12-16</a></span><br />“When you take a census of the Israelites to number them, each man must pay the LORD a ransom for his life when he is counted. Then no plague will come upon them when they are numbered. / 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. ...<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 24:9-10</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. / All the officers and all the people rejoiced and brought their contributions, and they dropped them in the chest until it was full.<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="/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="/1_samuel/1-11.htm">1 Samuel 1:11</a></span><br />And she made a vow, saying, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever touch his head.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/2-18.htm">1 Samuel 2:18</a></span><br />Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/2-28.htm">1 Samuel 2:28</a></span><br />And out of all the tribes of Israel I selected your father to be My priest, to offer sacrifices on My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in My presence. I also gave to the house of your father all the food offerings of the Israelites.<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="/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_peter/1-18.htm">1 Peter 1:18-19</a></span><br />For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers, / but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/21-23.htm">Acts 21:23-24</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.<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="/hebrews/10-1.htm">Hebrews 10:1-10</a></span><br />For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. / If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins. / Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins, ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And your estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even to sixty years old, even your estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.</p><p class="hdg">And thy estimation</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/27-14.htm">Leviticus 27:14</a></b></br> And when a man shall sanctify his house <i>to be</i> holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/5-15.htm">Leviticus 5:15</a></b></br> If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/6-6.htm">Leviticus 6:6</a></b></br> And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest:</p><p class="hdg">fifty shekels.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/27-25.htm">Leviticus 27:25</a></b></br> And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/30-13.htm">Exodus 30:13</a></b></br> This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel <i>is</i> twenty gerahs:) an half shekel <i>shall be</i> the offering of the LORD.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/43-33.htm">Ages</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-2.htm">Estimation</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-16.htm">Fifty</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-31.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-44.htm">Male</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-2.htm">Sanctuary</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-50.htm">Scale</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-15.htm">Shekel</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-15.htm">Shekels</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-37.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-5.htm">Sixty</a> <a href="/exodus/38-26.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-2.htm">Valuation</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-27.htm">Value</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/27-5.htm">Ages</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-4.htm">Estimation</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-16.htm">Fifty</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-9.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-5.htm">Male</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-25.htm">Sanctuary</a> <a href="/numbers/3-47.htm">Scale</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-25.htm">Shekel</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-4.htm">Shekels</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-6.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-7.htm">Sixty</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-5.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-4.htm">Valuation</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-4.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'; 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The valuation system reflects the economic and social responsibilities typically held by men. This valuation is part of a vow or dedication to God, often linked to the redemption of a person or property.<p><b>from twenty to sixty years of age</b><br>This age range represents the prime working years of an individual, when they are most capable of contributing to society and the economy. It reflects the peak of physical strength and productivity, which is why the valuation is higher for this group. This age range is also significant in other biblical contexts, such as the age of service for Levites (<a href="/numbers/4-3.htm">Numbers 4:3</a>).<p><b>then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver</b><br>Fifty shekels of silver was a substantial amount, indicating the high value placed on a male in his prime. Silver was a common medium of exchange in the ancient Near East, and the shekel was a standard unit of weight. This valuation underscores the economic importance of individuals in this age group. The number fifty can also symbolize completeness or jubilee, a time of liberation and restoration (Leviticus 25).<p><b>according to the sanctuary shekel</b><br>The sanctuary shekel was a specific standard of measurement used in the tabernacle and later the temple, ensuring consistency and fairness in religious and economic transactions. This standardization reflects the importance of integrity and honesty in dealings related to vows and dedications to God. The sanctuary shekel is mentioned in other contexts, such as the census tax (<a href="/exodus/30-13.htm">Exodus 30:13</a>), emphasizing its role in maintaining the sanctity of religious practices.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The prophet and leader of the Israelites, who received the laws from God on Mount Sinai and communicated them to the people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, to whom the laws in Leviticus were given as part of their covenant relationship with Him.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tabernacle.htm">The Tabernacle</a></b><br>The portable sanctuary where the Israelites worshiped God and where offerings and vows were made.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/v/vows.htm">Vows</a></b><br>Commitments made to God, often involving a promise to dedicate a person or object to the Lord.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_priests.htm">The Priests</a></b><br>The descendants of Aaron, responsible for overseeing the fulfillment of vows and offerings in accordance with God's laws.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_value_of_a_vow.htm">The Value of a Vow</a></b><br>Vows are serious commitments made to God and should not be taken lightly. They reflect a heart of dedication and worship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_the_worth.htm">Understanding the Worth</a></b><br><a href="/leviticus/27-3.htm">Leviticus 27:3</a> provides a specific valuation for a person dedicated by a vow, highlighting the importance of understanding the worth and implications of our commitments to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/cultural_context_and_modern_application.htm">Cultural Context and Modern Application</a></b><br>While the specific valuations may not apply today, the principle of dedicating ourselves and our resources to God remains relevant. Consider how you can dedicate your time, talents, and treasures to God's service.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/integrity_in_commitment.htm">Integrity in Commitment</a></b><br>The passage encourages believers to be people of integrity, ensuring that their commitments to God and others are honored and fulfilled.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/reflecting_on_personal_dedication.htm">Reflecting on Personal Dedication</a></b><br>Use this passage as an opportunity to reflect on your personal dedication to God. Are there areas in your life where you need to renew your commitment or fulfill a promise made to Him?<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/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/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_do_ezekiel's_measures_differ.htm">Why do the weights and measures in Ezekiel 45:9-12 differ from earlier biblical standards, creating potential contradictions within the text?</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>(3) <span class= "bld">And thy estimation shall be of the male.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">Then thy estimation of the male shall be </span>(<span class= "ital">as follows</span>)<span class= "ital">.</span><p><span class= "bld">From twenty years old even unto sixty years old.</span>--The estimation not only begins with the male, who is the most important person, but takes special notice of his age. The years here specified represent the prime of his life, and he is to be rated not according to his rank or position, but according to the value of his services.<p><span class= "bld">Fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.</span>--Whether the person who makes this vow makes it with regard to himself, or whether he dedicates by it any other member of the community, he is to pay fifty silver shekels, which in our currency would be 6 9s. 2d., if the man thus consecrated is between twenty and sixty years of age. This sum he is to pay, whether rich or poor. For this sum he was liable, during the second Temple, if he said "My value be upon me," or "This man's value be upon me," or "Such a man's value be upon me."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/27.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 3-7.</span> - The sum at which a man between twenty and sixty years of age was to be redeemed was fifty shekels, equal to £6 9s. 2d.; a woman, thirty shekels, or £3 17s. 6d.; a youth between five and twenty years of age, twenty shekels, or £2 11s. 8d.; a maiden between the same ages, ten shekels, or £1 5s. 10d.; a boy between one month and five years, five shekels, or 12s. 11d.; a girl between the same ages, three shekels, or 7s. 9d.; a man above sixty years, fifteen shekels, or £1 18s. 9d.; a woman of the same age, ten shekels, or £1 5s. 10d. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/27-3.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">if the valuation</span><br /><span class="heb">עֶרְכְּךָ֙</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">concerns</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָיָ֤ה</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">a male</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזָּכָ֔ר</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">from 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">to</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעַ֖ד</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">sixty</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁשִּׁ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(šiš·šîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8346.htm">Strong's 8346: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sixty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">years of age,</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁנָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(šā·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year</span><br /><br /><span class="word">then your valuation</span><br /><span class="heb">עֶרְכְּךָ֗</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">shall be</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָיָ֣ה</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">fifty</span><br /><span class="heb">חֲמִשִּׁ֛ים</span> <span class="translit">(ḥă·miš·šîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2572.htm">Strong's 2572: </a> </span><span class="str2">Fifty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">silver</span><br /><span class="heb">כֶּ֖סֶף</span> <span class="translit">(ke·sep̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3701.htm">Strong's 3701: </a> </span><span class="str2">Silver, money</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shekels,</span><br /><span class="heb">שֶׁ֥קֶל</span> <span class="translit">(še·qel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<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">according to the sanctuary</span><br /><span class="heb">הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃</span> <span class="translit">(haq·qō·ḏeš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6944.htm">Strong's 6944: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sacred place, thing, sanctity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shekel.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּשֶׁ֥קֶל</span> <span class="translit">(bə·še·qel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<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/27-3.htm">Leviticus 27:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/27-3.htm">Leviticus 27:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/27-3.htm">Leviticus 27:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/27-3.htm">Leviticus 27:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/27-3.htm">Leviticus 27:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/27-3.htm">Leviticus 27:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/27-3.htm">Leviticus 27:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/27-3.htm">Leviticus 27:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/27-3.htm">Leviticus 27:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/27-3.htm">Leviticus 27:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/27-3.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 27:3 Your valuation shall be of a male (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/27-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 27:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 27:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/27-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 27:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 27:4" /></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>