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Polyglot Bible: Leviticus: Leviticus 27

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This is Leviticus 27, the concluding chapter of the book of Leviticus, presented as a parallel biblical text in three versions: the King James Version (English), the Septuagint (ancient Greek), and the Tanakh (Hebrew). The chapter consists of priestly legal regulations governing vows made to God, specifically the monetary valuations assigned to persons, animals, houses, and fields dedicated to the Lord. A distinctive feature is its detailed age-and-sex-based valuation schedule for persons (e.g., a male aged 20–60 is worth 50 silver shekels, a female 30), with provisions allowing a priest to set reduced valuations for the poor. The chapter also addresses the irrevocability of "devoted things" (*cherem*), which can neither be sold nor redeemed, and persons placed under a *cherem* vow face death. It closes with tithing rules — all tithes of land, produce, and livestock belong to God as holy — and a concluding statement that these are the commandments given to Moses at Sinai, providing a formal close to the entire book of Leviticus.

Polyglot Bible: Leviticus: Leviticus 27

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