Leviticuschapter 27
34 verses · Moses, by tradition · 15th to 13th century BC · The Law
Original Language
Leviticus 27— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition
In Jewish life
Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Leviticus 27. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.
The reading
Weekly portion 33 of 54
בְּחֻקֹּתַי Bechukotai, Leviticus 26:3 to 27:34
Read with it: Jeremiah 16:19 to 17:14.
The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →
Where the rabbis cite this chapter
1 row sits beside its verse in the text, on 1 verse of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.
How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.
Putting a price on a vowed person1
Leviticus 27:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Ramban on Leviticus 27:1
AND THE ETERNAL SPOKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING … WHEN A MAN SHALL CLEARLY UTTER A VOW. This section also is joined [to Chapter 25 above] as having been declared on Mount Sinai; 189 See Ramban above,:1.
Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976
Leviticus 27:2· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 27:3· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 27:4· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 27:5· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 27:6· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 27:7· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 27:8· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Beasts clean and unclean9
Leviticus 27:9· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 27:10· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 27:11· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 27:12· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 27:13· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Houses, fields, and the jubilee reckoning14
Leviticus 27:14· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 27:15· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 27:16· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 27:17· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 27:18· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 27:19· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 27:20· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 27:21· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 27:22· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 27:23· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 27:24· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 27:25· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Firstborn and things wholly devoted26
Leviticus 27:26· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 27:27· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 27:28· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 27:29· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
The tithe is holy to the LORD30
Leviticus 27:30· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 27:31· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 27:32· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 27:33· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 27:34· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
