Leviticus 27:3
And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even to sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
4And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.
Cross References
Exodus 30:13This they shall give, everyone who passes over to those who are numbered: half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary, (the shekel is twenty gerahs,) half a shekel for an offering to LORD.
Leviticus 5:15If a soul commits a trespass, and sins unwittingly in the holy things of LORD, then he shall bring his trespass-offering to LORD, a ram without blemish out of the flock, according to thy estimation in silver by shekels, after the s
Leviticus 27:14And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy to LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad. As the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.
Numbers 3:47thou shall take five shekels apiece by the poll. According to the shekel of the sanctuary thou shall take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs),
2 Kings 12:4And Joash said to the priests, All the money of the hallowed things that is brought into the house of LORD, in current money, the money of the persons for whom each man is rated, and all the money that it come in any man's heart to
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 27:2-14
The Law Concerning Vows. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the Lord by thy estimation. 3 And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary. 4 And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels. 5 And if it be from five years old even… Read the whole commentary →