Leviticus 27
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by thy estimation.
3And 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.
4And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.
5And 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.
6And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver.
7And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
8But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him.
9And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD, all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy.
10He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy.
11And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice unto the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the priest:
12And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be.
13But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.
14And when a man shall sanctify his house to be 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.
15And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his.
16And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
17If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy estimation it shall stand.
18But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thy estimation.
19And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him.
20And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.
21But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's.
22And if a man sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession;
23Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, even unto the year of the jubile: and he shall give thine estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto the LORD.
24In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong.
25And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
26Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD'S firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the LORD'S.
27And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.
28Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the LORD.
29None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.
30And 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 unto the LORD.
31And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof.
32And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.
33He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.
34These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- אִםʼimH51824× in this chapter
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
- עֵרֶךְʻêrekH618721× in this chapter
a pile, equipment, estimate
- הָיָהhâyâhH196119× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH306818× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- אֵתʼêthH85317× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- לֹאlôʼH380814× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH83414× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- גָּאַלgâʼalH135012× in this chapter
to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
- קֹדֶשׁqôdeshH694412× in this chapter
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
- שָׂדֶהsâdehH770412× in this chapter
a field (as flat)
- שֶׁקֶלsheqelH825512× in this chapter
probably a weight; used as a commercial standard
- כֹּהֵןkôhênH354811× in this chapter
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
- שָׁנֶהshânehH814111× in this chapter
a year (as a revolution of time)
- כֹּלkôlH360510× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- בֵּןbênH11219× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- הוּאhûwʼH19318× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- קָדַשׁqâdashH69428× in this chapter
to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
- בְּהֵמָהbᵉhêmâhH9298× in this chapter
properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
- כֶּסֶףkeçephH37017× in this chapter
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
- אִישׁʼîyshH3767× in this chapter
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- עַלʻalH59217× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- יוֹבֵלyôwbêlH31046× in this chapter
the blast of a horn (from its continuous sound); specifically, the signal of the silver trumpets; hence, the instrument itself and the festival thus introduced
- מוּרmûwrH41716× in this chapter
to alter; by implication, to barter, to dispose of
- חֲמִישִׁיchămîyshîyH25495× in this chapter
fifth; also a fifth
- אֲחֻזָּהʼăchuzzâhH2725× in this chapter
something seized, i.e. a possession (especially of land)
- טוֹבṭôwbH28965× in this chapter
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
- יָסַףyâçaphH32545× in this chapter
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
- עַדʻadH57045× in this chapter
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
- עָרַךְʻârakH61865× in this chapter
to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
- רַעraʻH74515× in this chapter
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
- בֵּיןbêynH9965× in this chapter
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
- זָכָרzâkârH21454× in this chapter
properly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
- חָמֵשׁchâmêshH25684× in this chapter
five
- חֵרֶםchêremH27644× in this chapter
physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstractly extermination
- אֵלʼêlH4134× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- מִןminH44804× in this chapter
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
- נְקֵבָהnᵉqêbâhH53474× in this chapter
female (from the sexual form)
- עֶשְׂרִיםʻesrîymH62424× in this chapter
twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
- זֶרַעzeraʻH22333× in this chapter
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
- מָכַרmâkarH43763× in this chapter
to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)