Leviticus 27:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And if the person is from one month to five years old, then the value for a male will be five shekels of silver, and for a female three shekels.

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 3:40-43 : 40 And the Lord said to Moses, Let all the first male children be numbered, and take the number of their names. 41 And give to me the Levites (I am the Lord) in place of the first sons of the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites in place of the first births among the cattle of the children of Israel. 42 So Moses had all the first sons among the children of Israel numbered, as the Lord said to him. 43 Every first son from a month old and over was numbered by name, and the number came to twenty-two thousand, two hundred and seventy-three.
  • Num 18:14-16 : 14 Everything given by oath to the Lord in Israel is to be yours. 15 The first birth of every living thing which is offered to the Lord, of man or beast, is to be yours; but for the first sons of man payment is to be made, and for the first young of unclean beasts. 16 Payment is to be made for these when they are a month old, at the value fixed by you, a price of five shekels by the scale of the holy place, that is, twenty gerahs to the shekel.

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  • Lev 27:2-5
    4 verses
    95%

    2 Say to the children of Israel, If a man makes a special oath, you will give your decision as to the value of the persons for the Lord.

    3 And you will put the value of a male from twenty years to sixty years old at fifty shekels of silver, by the scale of the holy place.

    4 And if it is a female, the value will be thirty shekels.

    5 And if the person is from five to twenty years old, the value will be twenty shekels for a male, and ten for a female.

  • Lev 27:7-9
    3 verses
    91%

    7 And for sixty years old and over, for a male the value will be fifteen shekels, and for a female, ten.

    8 But if he is poorer than the value which you have put on him, then let him be taken to the priest, and the priest will put a value on him, such as it is possible for him to give.

    9 And if it is a beast of which men make offerings to the Lord, whatever any man gives of such to the Lord will be holy.

  • Num 18:15-16
    2 verses
    81%

    15 The first birth of every living thing which is offered to the Lord, of man or beast, is to be yours; but for the first sons of man payment is to be made, and for the first young of unclean beasts.

    16 Payment is to be made for these when they are a month old, at the value fixed by you, a price of five shekels by the scale of the holy place, that is, twenty gerahs to the shekel.

  • Num 3:46-48
    3 verses
    76%

    46 And the price you have to give for the two hundred and seventy-three first sons of the children of Israel which are in addition to the number of the Levites,

    47 Will be five shekels for every one, by the scale of the holy place (the shekel is twenty gerahs);

    48 And this money, the price of those over the number of the Levites, is to be given to Aaron and his sons.

  • Lev 27:25-27
    3 verses
    74%

    25 And let all your values be based on the shekel of the holy place, that is, twenty gerahs to the shekel.

    26 But a man may not give by oath to the Lord the first-fruits of cattle which are offered to the Lord: if it is an ox or a sheep it is the Lord's.

    27 And if it is an unclean beast, then the owner of it may give money to get it back, in agreement with the value fixed by you, by giving a fifth more; or if it is not taken back, let it be given for money in agreement with your valuing.

  • Lev 27:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12 And let the priest put a value on it, if it is good or bad; whatever value the priest puts on it, so will it be.

    13 But if he has a desire to get it back for himself, let him give a fifth more than your value.

  • 50 From the first sons of Israel he took it, a thousand, three hundred and sixty-five shekels, by the scale of the holy place;

  • Lev 27:15-18
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    71%

    15 And if the owner has a desire to get back his house, let him give a fifth more than your value, and it will be his.

    16 And if a man gives to the Lord part of the field which is his property, then let your value be in relation to the seed which is planted in it; a measure of barley grain will be valued at fifty shekels of silver.

    17 If he gives his field from the year of Jubilee, the value will be fixed by your decision.

    18 But if he gives his field after the year of Jubilee, the amount of the money will be worked out by the priest in relation to the number of years till the coming year of Jubilee, and the necessary amount will be taken off your value.

  • 23 Then the value fixed by you up to the year of Jubilee will be worked out for him by the priest, and in that day he will give the amount of your value as holy to the Lord.

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    25 And the silver given by those who were numbered of the people was a hundred talents, and a thousand, seven hundred and seventy-five shekels in weight, by the scale of the holy place.

    26 A beka, that is, half a shekel by the holy scale, for everyone who was numbered; there were six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty men of twenty years old and over.

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    30 If a price is put on his life, let him make payment of whatever price is fixed.

    31 If the death of a son or of a daughter has been caused, the punishment is to be in agreement with this rule.

    32 If the death of a man-servant or of a woman-servant is caused by the ox, the owner is to give their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox is to be stoned.

  • 13 And this is what they are to give; let every man who is numbered give half a shekel, by the scale of the holy place: (the shekel being valued at twenty gerahs:) this money is an offering to the Lord.

  • 12 And the shekel is to be twenty gerahs: five shekels are five, and ten shekels are ten, and your maneh is to be fifty shekels

  • 29 Then the man will have to give the virgin's father fifty shekels of silver and make her his wife, because he has put shame on her; he may never put her away all his life.

  • Lev 25:50-52
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    68%

    50 And let the years be numbered from the time when he gave himself to his owner till the year of Jubilee, and the price given for him will be in relation to the number of years, on the scale of the payment of a servant.

    51 If there is still a long time, he will give back, on account of it, a part of the price which was given for him.

    52 And if there is only a short time, he will take account of it with his master, and in relation to the number of years he will give back the price of making him free.

  • 15 The man of wealth is to give no more and the poor man no less than the half-shekel of silver, when the offering is made to the Lord as the price for your lives.

  • Lev 12:5-7
    3 verses
    67%

    5 But if she gives birth to a female child, then she will be unclean for two weeks, as when she is unwell; and she will not be completely clean for sixty-six days.

    6 And when the days are ended for making her clean for a son or a daughter, let her take to the priest at the door of the Tent of meeting, a lamb of the first year for a burned offering and a young pigeon or a dove for a sin-offering:

    7 And the priest is to make an offering of it before the Lord and take away her sin, and she will be made clean from the flow of her blood. This is the law for a woman who gives birth to a male or a female.

  • 28 And from the men of war who went out let there be offered to the Lord one out of every five hundred, from the persons, and from the oxen and asses and sheep:

  • 19 They will take from him a hundred shekels of silver, which are to be given to the father of the girl, because he has given an evil name to a virgin of Israel: she will go on being his wife, he may never put her away all his life.

  • 17 If her father will not give her to him on any account, he will have to give the regular payment for virgins.

  • 6 And take to the Lord the offering for the wrong which he has done, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin-offering, and the priest will take away his sin.

  • 15 If anyone is untrue, sinning in error in connection with the holy things of the Lord, let him take his offering to the Lord, a male sheep from the flock, without any mark, of the value fixed by you in silver by shekels, by the scale of the holy place.

  • 14 But if you have no delight in her, you are to let her go wherever she will; you may not take a price for her as if she was your property, for you have made use of her for your pleasure.

  • 30 In the same way with your oxen and your sheep: for seven days let the young one be with its mother; on the eighth day give it to me.

  • Judg 17:2-4
    3 verses
    65%

    2 And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver which were taken from you, about which you took an oath and said in my hearing, I have given this silver to the Lord from my hand for myself, to make a pictured image and a metal image: see, I have the silver, for I took it: so now I will give it back to you. And his mother said, May the blessing of the Lord be on my son.

    3 And he gave back the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, and his mother said, I have made the silver holy to the Lord from me for my son, to make a pictured image and a metal image.

    4 So he gave the silver back to his mother. Then his mother took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a metal-worker who made a pictured image and a metal image from them: and it was in the house of Micah.

  • 1 If a man takes without right another man's ox or his sheep, and puts it to death or gets a price for it, he is to give five oxen for an ox, or four sheep for a sheep, in payment: the thief will have to make payment for what he has taken; if he has no money, he himself will have to be exchanged for money, so that payment may be made.

  • 6 Let the fire be kept burning on the altar at all times; it is never to go out.