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will remember also the land: to pay, so much shall he give.
43 Which when she shall be left by them, shall 9 But a beast that may be sacrificed to the
enjoy her sabbaths, being desolate for them. But Lord, if any one shall vow, shall be holy,
they shall pray for their sins, because they re- 10 And cannot be changed: that is to say, nei-
jected my judgments, and despised my laws. ther a better for a worse, nor a worse for a better.
44 And yet for all that when they were in the And if he shall change it: both that which was
land of their enemies, I did not cast them off changed, and that for which it was changed, shall
altogether. Neither did I so despise them that be consecrated to the Lord.
they should be quite consumed: and I should 11 An unclean beast, which cannot be sacri-
make void my covenant with them. For I am the ficed to the Lord, if any man shall vow, shall be
Lord their God. brought before the priest:
45 And I will remember my former covenant, 12 Who judging whether it be good or bad,
when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, shall set the price.
in the sight of the Gentiles, to be their God. 13 Which, if he that offereth it will give, he
I am the Lord. These are the judgments, and shall add above the estimation the fifth part.
precepts, and laws, which the Lord gave between 14 If a man shall vow his house, and sanctify it
him and the children of Israel, in mount Sinai, to the Lord, the priest shall consider it, whether
by the hand of Moses. it be good or bad: and it shall be sold according
to the price, which he shall appoint.
15 But if he that vowed, will redeem it, he
Chapter 27 shall give the fifth part of the estimation over
and above: and shall have the house.
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 16 And if he vow the field of his possession,
2 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou and consecrate it to the Lord, the price shall be
shalt say to them: The man that shall have made rated according to the measure of the seed. If the
a vow, and promised his soul to God, shall give ground be sown with thirty bushels of barley, let
the price according to estimation. it be sold for fifty sicles of silver.
3 If it be a man from twenty years old unto 17 If he vow his field immediately from the
sixty years old, he shall give fifty sicles of silver, year of jubilee that is beginning: as much as it
after the weight of the sanctuary: may be worth, at so much it shall be rated.
4 If a woman, thirty. 18 But if some time after, the priest shall
5 But from the fifth year until the twentieth, reckon the money according to the number of
a man shall give twenty sicles: a woman ten. years that remain until the jubilee, and the price
6 From one month until the fifth year, for a shall be abated.
male shall be given five sicles: for a female three. 19 And if he that had vowed, will redeem his
7 A man that is sixty years old or upward, field, he shall add the fifth part of the money of
shall give fifteen sicles: a woman ten. the estimation, and shall possess it.
8 If he be poor, and not able to pay the esti- 20 And if he will not redeem it, but it be sold
mation, he shall stand before the priest: and as to any other man, he that vowed it, may not
much as he shall value him at, and see him able redeem it any more.