Leviticus 27:6
And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver.
Leviticus 27:6 in other translations
| BSB | 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. |
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| WEB | If the person is from a month old to five years old, then your valuation shall be for a male five shekels of silver, and for a female your valuation shall be three shekels of silver. |
| ASV | And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver. |
| YLT | and if from a son of a month even unto a son of five years--then hath thy valuation been of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy valuation is three shekels of silver; |
| DARBY | And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, thy valuation of the male shall be five shekels of silver; and for the female thy valuation shall be three shekels of silver. |
| BBE | And if the person is from one month to five years old, then the value for a male will be five shekels of silver, and for a female three shekels. |
| Webster | And if it shall be from a month old even to five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver. |
What does Leviticus 27:6 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…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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…
Leviticus 27:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Leviticus 27:6
- Numbers 18:14-16
Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine. Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the Lord, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem. And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
- Numbers 3:40-43
And the Lord said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the Lord) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel. And Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel. And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Nu 3:40-43; 18:14-16
the male.The male five shekels, 15s., the female three shekels, 9s. Being both in infancy they were nearly of an equal value.
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Context
- 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.
- Leviticus 27:6
And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver.
- Leviticus 27:7
And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
Leviticus 27:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y si fuere de un mes hasta cinco años, tu estimación será en orden al varón, cinco siclos de plata; y por la hembra será tu estimación tres siclos de plata. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et si c’est un mâle depuis l’âge d’un mois jusqu’à l’âge de cinq ans, ton estimation sera de cinq sicles d’argent, et ton estimation d’une fille sera de trois sicles d’argent. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und wenn es von einem Monat alt bis zu fünf Jahren alt ist, so sei deine Schätzung eines Knaben fünf Sekel Silber, und deine Schätzung eines Mädchens drei Sekel Silber; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ab uno mense usque ad annum quintum, pro masculo dabuntur quinque sicli: pro femina, tres. |