Introduction

Leviticus, chapter 27: If any one makes a special vow to the lord involving the valuation of persons, then the valuation of a male from 20 years old up to 60 years old shall be 50 shekels of silver. And if some one is too to pay the valuation, then he shall be made to stand before the priest, and the priest shall value him according to what the vower can afford. But no devoted thing that a man devotes or anything that has been sold at the valuation will be redeemed. Every tithe of herds and every tenth animal under the herdsman's staffshall be holy to the lord. One shall not differentiate between good or bad in relation to