Leviticus 27:3
in Leviticus 27if the valuation concerns a male from twenty to sixty years of age, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Leviticus 27
Commentary
6 notes on this verseFrom twenty years old even unto sixty-fifty shekels - A man from twenty to sixty years of age, if consecrated to the Lord by a vow, might be redeemed for fifty shekels, which, at 3s. each, amounted to 7£. 10s. sterling.
This site's exposition
the LORD said to Moses
on Leviticus 27:1-8
This chapter prices vows, the one act in Leviticus no one is commanded to perform. Deuteronomy 23:22 leaves a man free to refrain. The figures run by age and sex from fifty shekels down to three.
This site's exposition
from twenty to sixty years of age
Fifty shekels is the top of the table, set on a man in his prime. Adam Clarke reckoned it at seven pounds ten shillings sterling. Matthew Henry read the higher rate as a call on those in their prime to do more in God's service than the young or old.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The females were then less esteemed, but not so in Christ; for in Christ Jesus there is neither male nor female, Gal. iii. Note, Those that are in the prime of their time must look upon themselves as obliged to do more in the service of God and their generation than can be expected either from minors, that have not yet arrived to their usefulness, or from the aged, that have survived it.
And thy estimation shall be,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
When a man shall make a singular vow, &c.--Persons have, at all times and in all places, been accustomed to present votive offerings, either from gratitude for benefits received, or in the event of deliverance from apprehended evil.
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָיָ֤ה | vehayah | and it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| עֶרְכְּךָ֙ | ʾerkekha | valuation of your | H6187 → | 33 times |
| הַזָּכָ֔ר | hazakhar | the male | H2145 → | 82 times |
| מִבֶּן֙ | miben | from a son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עֶשְׂרִ֣ים | ʾesrim | twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| שָׁנָ֔ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וְעַ֖ד | vead | and to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | a son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שִׁשִּׁ֣ים | shishim | sixty | H8346 → | 59 times |
| שָׁנָ֑ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וְהָיָ֣ה | vehayah | and it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| עֶרְכְּךָ֗ | ʾerkekha | valuation your | H6187 → | 33 times |
| חֲמִשִּׁ֛ים | chamishim | fifty | H2572 → | 163 times |
| שֶׁ֥קֶל | shekel | shekel[s] | H8255 → | 88 times |
| כֶּ֖סֶף | kesef | silver | H3701 → | 403 times |
| בְּשֶׁ֥קֶל | beshekel | by [the] shekel of | H8255 → | 88 times |
| הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃ | hakodesh | the holy place | H6944 → | 469 times |
וְהָיָ֤הand it will be
vehayahH1961 →3559 times
עֶרְכְּךָ֙valuation of your
ʾerkekhaH6187 →33 times
הַזָּכָ֔רthe male
hazakharH2145 →82 times
מִבֶּן֙from a son of
mibenH1121 →4930 times
עֶשְׂרִ֣יםtwenty
ʾesrimH6242 →315 times
שָׁנָ֔הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וְעַ֖דand to
veadH5704 →1261 times
בֶּן־a son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
שִׁשִּׁ֣יםsixty
shishimH8346 →59 times
שָׁנָ֑הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וְהָיָ֣הand it will be
vehayahH1961 →3559 times
עֶרְכְּךָ֗valuation your
ʾerkekhaH6187 →33 times
חֲמִשִּׁ֛יםfifty
chamishimH2572 →163 times
שֶׁ֥קֶלshekel[s]
shekelH8255 →88 times
כֶּ֖סֶףsilver
kesefH3701 →403 times
בְּשֶׁ֥קֶלby [the] shekel of
beshekelH8255 →88 times
הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃the holy place
hakodeshH6944 →469 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 30:13Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.
it leads to
- Leviticus 27:25
Every valuation will be according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 45:12
The shekel will consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels will equal one mina.
Reached by 4 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 3:47
you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Matthew 17:24
After they had arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, “Does your Teacher pay the two drachmas?”
- Exodus 38:26
a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.
- Leviticus 27:25
Through
Numbers 3:47you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs.
it leads to
- Exodus 30:13
Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 18:16
You are to pay the redemption price for a month-old male according to your valuation: five shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 27:6
Now if the person is from one month to five years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be five shekels of silver, and for the female three shekels of silver.
- Exodus 30:13
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
