1. The Lord said to Moses,
2. Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When a person makes a solemn promise to the Lord involving the value of a person,
3. if it is the value for a male between 20 and 60 years old, his value is fifty silver shekels according to the sanctuary’s shekel.
4. If the person is a female, her value is thirty shekels.
5. If the age of the person is between 5 and 20 years, the value for a male is twenty shekels, for a female ten shekels.
6. If the age of the person is between one month and 5 years, the value for a male is five silver shekels, for a female three silver shekels.
7. If the age of the person is 60 years or more, the value is fifteen shekels if the person is male, ten shekels for a female.
8. But if financial difficulty prevents the promise maker from giving the full value, they must set the person before the priest. The priest will assign the person a value according to what the promise maker can afford.
9. If a solemn promise involves livestock that can be offered to the Lord, any such animal given to the Lord will be considered holy.
10. The promise maker cannot replace or substitute for it, either good for bad or bad for good. But if one should substitute one animal for another, both it and the substitute will be holy.