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Leviticus 27:1-7

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Redeeming What Is the LORD’s 1The LORD said to Moses, 2“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If anyone makes a special vow to dedicate a person to the LORD by giving the equivalent value, 3set the value of a male between the ages of twenty and sixty at fifty shekels That is, about 1 1/4 pounds or about 575 grams; also in verse 16 of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel That is, about 2/5 ounce or about 12 grams; also in verse 25 ; 4for a female, set her value at thirty shekels That is, about 12 ounces or about 345 grams ; 5for a person between the ages of five and twenty, set the value of a male at twenty shekels That is, about 8 ounces or about 230 grams and of a female at ten shekels That is, about 4 ounces or about 115 grams; also in verse 7 ; 6for a person between one month and five years, set the value of a male at five shekels That is, about 2 ounces or about 58 grams of silver and that of a female at three shekels That is, about 1 1/4 ounces or about 35 grams of silver; 7for a person sixty years old or more, set the value of a male at fifteen shekels That is, about 6 ounces or about 175 grams and of a female at ten shekels.