1. The Lord told Moses
2. to say to the community of Israel:If you ever want to free someone who has been promised to me,
3-7. you may do so by paying the following amounts, weighed according to the official standards:fifty pieces of silver for men aged twenty to sixty,and thirty pieces for women;twenty pieces of silver for young menaged five to twenty,and ten pieces for young women;fifteen pieces of silver for menaged sixty and above and ten pieces for women;five pieces of silver for boysaged one month to five years, and three pieces for girls.
8. If you have promised to give someone to me and can't afford to pay the full amount for that person's release, you will be taken to a priest, and he will decide how much you can afford.
9. If you promise to sacrifice an animal to me, it becomes holy, and there is no way you can set it free.
10. If you try to substitute any other animal, no matter how good, for the one you promised, they will both become holy and must be sacrificed.
11. Donkeys are unfit for sacrifice, so if you promise me a donkey, you must bring it to the priest,
12. and let him determine its value.
13. But if you want to buy it back, you must pay an additional twenty per cent.
14. If you promise a house to me, a priest will set the price, whatever the condition of the house.
15. But if you decide to buy it back, you must pay an additional twenty per cent.