Leviticus 27 · Verse 4

Leviticus 27:4

And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.
Leviticus 27:4, King James Version

Leviticus 27:4 in other translations

BSBOr if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.
WEBIf she is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.
ASVAnd if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.
YLTAnd if it is a female--then hath thy valuation been thirty shekels;
DARBYand if it be of a female, thy valuation shall be thirty shekels.
BBEAnd if it is a female, the value will be thirty shekels.
WebsterAnd if it shall be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.

What does Leviticus 27:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 27:2-8

Le 27:1-18. Concerning Vows. 2-8. 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. And Moses was empowered, by divine authority, to prescribe the conditions of this voluntary duty. the persons shall be for the Lord, &c.--better…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 And if it be a female - The woman, at the same age, vowed unto the Lord, might be redeemed for thirty shekels, 4. 10s. sterling, a little more than one half of the value of the man; for this obvious reason, that a woman, if employed, could not be of so much use in the service of the sanctuary as the man, and was therefore of much less value.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 27:1-13

Zeal for the service of God disposed the Israelites, on some occasions, to dedicate themselves or their children to the service of the Lord, in his house for life. Some persons who thus dedicated themselves might be employed as assistants; in general they were to be redeemed for a value. It is good to be zealously affected and liberally disposed for the Lord's service; but the matter should be well weighed, and…

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Leviticus 27:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאִם\־ve.'im-and ifH518
נְקֵבָ֖הne.ke.Vah[is] femaleH5347
הִ֑ואhi'sheH1931
וְהָיָ֥הve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961
עֶרְכְּךָ֖'er.ke.Khavaluation yourH6187
שְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםshe.lo.ShimthirtyH7970
שָֽׁקֶל\׃Sha.kelshekel[s]H8255

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Leviticus 27:4

  • Matthew 27:9-10

    Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value; And gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed me.

  • Matthew 26:15

    And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.

  • Zechariah 11:12-13

    And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. And the Lord said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thirty shekels.i.e., 4£. 10s. sterling, A little more than one-half the value of a man; for this obvious reason, that a woman, if employed, would not be of so much use in the sanctuary as the man.
Zec 11:12,13; Mt 26:15; 27:9,10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Leviticus 27:3

    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.

  • Leviticus 27:4

    And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.

  • Leviticus 27:5

    And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

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Leviticus 27:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y si fuere hembra, la estimación será treinta siclos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et si c’est une femme, ton estimation sera de 30 sicles.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und wenn es ein Weib ist, so sei deine Schätzung dreißig Sekel.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		si mulier, triginta.