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If the age of the person is 60 years or more, the value is fifteen shekels if the person is male, ten shekels for a female. But if financial difficulty prevents the promise maker from giving the full value, they must set the person before the priest. The priest will assign the person a value according to what the promise maker can afford.

If a solemn promise involves livestock that can be offered to the Lord, any such animal given to the Lord will be considered holy.

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for a person sixty years old or more, set the value of a male at fifteen shekels[a] and of a female at ten shekels. If anyone making the vow is too poor to pay(A) the specified amount, the person being dedicated is to be presented to the priest, who will set the value(B) according to what the one making the vow can afford.

“‘If what they vowed is an animal that is acceptable as an offering to the Lord,(C) such an animal given to the Lord becomes holy.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 27:7 That is, about 6 ounces or about 175 grams