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Leviticus 27:4
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Hebrew Names Version
If it be a female, then your estimation shall be thirty shekels.
If it be a female, then your estimation shall be thirty shekels.
King James Version
And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.
And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.
Lexham English Bible
But if it is for a female, then your proper value shall be thirty shekels.
But if it is for a female, then your proper value shall be thirty shekels.
New Century Version
The price for a woman twenty to sixty years old is about twelve ounces of silver.
The price for a woman twenty to sixty years old is about twelve ounces of silver.
New English Translation
If the person is a female, the conversion value is thirty shekels.
If the person is a female, the conversion value is thirty shekels.
Amplified Bible
'Or if the person is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.
'Or if the person is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.
New American Standard Bible
'Or if the person is a female, then your assessment shall be thirty shekels.
'Or if the person is a female, then your assessment shall be thirty shekels.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But if it be a female, then thy valuation shal be thirtie shekels.
But if it be a female, then thy valuation shal be thirtie shekels.
Legacy Standard Bible
Or if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.
Or if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.
Complete Jewish Bible
if a woman, thirty shekels.
if a woman, thirty shekels.
Darby Translation
and if it be of a female, thy valuation shall be thirty shekels.
and if it be of a female, thy valuation shall be thirty shekels.
Easy-to-Read Version
The price for a woman who is 20 to 60 years old is 30 shekels.
The price for a woman who is 20 to 60 years old is 30 shekels.
English Standard Version
If the person is a female, the valuation shall be thirty shekels.
If the person is a female, the valuation shall be thirty shekels.
George Lamsa Translation
And if it is a female, then her valuation shall be thirty shekels.
And if it is a female, then her valuation shall be thirty shekels.
Christian Standard Bible®
If the person is a female, your assessment is thirty shekels.
If the person is a female, your assessment is thirty shekels.
Literal Translation
And if it is a female, then your evaluation shall be thirty shekels.
And if it is a female, then your evaluation shall be thirty shekels.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
but a woman at thirtie Sycles.
but a woman at thirtie Sycles.
American Standard Version
And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.
And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.
Bible in Basic English
And if it is a female, the value will be thirty shekels.
And if it is a female, the value will be thirty shekels.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And if it be a female, then thy valuation shalbe thirtie sicles.
And if it be a female, then thy valuation shalbe thirtie sicles.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And if it be a female, then thy valuation shall be thirty shekels.
And if it be a female, then thy valuation shall be thirty shekels.
King James Version (1611)
And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirtie shekels.
And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirtie shekels.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the valuation of a female shall be thirty didrachms.
And the valuation of a female shall be thirty didrachms.
English Revised Version
And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.
And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.
Berean Standard Bible
Or if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.
Or if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
sche schal yyue thretti siclis;
sche schal yyue thretti siclis;
Young's Literal Translation
And if it [is] a female -- then hath thy valuation been thirty shekels;
And if it [is] a female -- then hath thy valuation been thirty shekels;
Update Bible Version
And if it is a female, then your estimation shall be thirty shekels.
And if it is a female, then your estimation shall be thirty shekels.
Webster's Bible Translation
And if it [shall be] a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.
And if it [shall be] a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.
World English Bible
If it be a female, then your estimation shall be thirty shekels.
If it be a female, then your estimation shall be thirty shekels.
New King James Version
If it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels;
If it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels;
New Living Translation
A woman of that age is valued at thirty shekels of silver.
A woman of that age is valued at thirty shekels of silver.
New Life Bible
For a woman it will be thirty pieces of silver.
For a woman it will be thirty pieces of silver.
New Revised Standard
If the person is a female, the equivalent is thirty shekels.
If the person is a female, the equivalent is thirty shekels.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
but if it be, a female, then shall thine estimate be thirty shekels.
but if it be, a female, then shall thine estimate be thirty shekels.
Douay-Rheims Bible
If a woman, thirty.
If a woman, thirty.
Revised Standard Version
If the person is a female, your valuation shall be thirty shekels.
If the person is a female, your valuation shall be thirty shekels.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Or if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.
'Or if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.
Contextual Overview
1 God spoke to Moses: He said, "Speak to the People of Israel. Tell them, If anyone wants to vow the value of a person to the service of God , set the value of a man between the ages of twenty and sixty at fifty shekels of silver, according to the Sanctuary shekel. For a woman the valuation is thirty shekels. If the person is between the ages of five and twenty, set the value at twenty shekels for a male and ten shekels for a female. If the person is between one month and five years, set the value at five shekels of silver for a boy and three shekels of silver for a girl. If the person is over sixty, set the value at fifteen shekels for a man and ten shekels for a woman. If anyone is too poor to pay the stated amount, he is to present the person to the priest, who will then set the value for him according to what the person making the vow can afford. 9"If he vowed an animal that is acceptable as an offering to God , the animal is given to God and becomes the property of the Sanctuary. He must not exchange or substitute a good one for a bad one, or a bad one for a good one; if he should dishonestly substitute one animal for another, both the original and the substitute become property of the Sanctuary. If what he vowed is a ritually unclean animal, one that is not acceptable as an offering to God , the animal must be shown to the priest, who will set its value, either high or low. Whatever the priest sets will be its value. If the owner changes his mind and wants to redeem it, he must add twenty percent to its value.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure 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. Zechariah 11:12, Zechariah 11:13, Matthew 26:15, Matthew 27:9, Matthew 27:10
Reciprocal: Judges 11:39 - did with
Cross-References
Genesis 27:1
When Isaac had become an old man and was nearly blind, he called his eldest son, Esau, and said, "My son." "Yes, Father?"
When Isaac had become an old man and was nearly blind, he called his eldest son, Esau, and said, "My son." "Yes, Father?"
Genesis 27:15
Rebekah took the dress-up clothes of her older son Esau and put them on her younger son Jacob. She took the goatskins and covered his hands and the smooth nape of his neck. Then she placed the hearty meal she had fixed and fresh bread she'd baked into the hands of her son Jacob.
Rebekah took the dress-up clothes of her older son Esau and put them on her younger son Jacob. She took the goatskins and covered his hands and the smooth nape of his neck. Then she placed the hearty meal she had fixed and fresh bread she'd baked into the hands of her son Jacob.
Genesis 27:20
Isaac said, "So soon? How did you get it so quickly?" "Because your God cleared the way for me."
Isaac said, "So soon? How did you get it so quickly?" "Because your God cleared the way for me."
Genesis 27:22
So Jacob moved close to his father Isaac. Isaac felt him and said, "The voice is Jacob's voice but the hands are the hands of Esau." He didn't recognize him because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau's. But as he was about to bless him he pressed him, "You're sure? You are my son Esau?" "Yes. I am." Isaac said, "Bring the food so I can eat of my son's game and give you my personal blessing." Jacob brought it to him and he ate. He also brought him wine and he drank. Then Isaac said, "Come close, son, and kiss me." He came close and kissed him and Isaac smelled the smell of his clothes. Finally, he blessed him, Ahhh. The smell of my son is like the smell of the open country blessed by God . May God give you of Heaven's dew and Earth's bounty of grain and wine. May peoples serve you and nations honor you. You will master your brothers, and your mother's sons will honor you. Those who curse you will be cursed, those who bless you will be blessed. And then right after Isaac had blessed Jacob and Jacob had left, Esau showed up from the hunt. He also had prepared a hearty meal. He came to his father and said, "Let my father get up and eat of his son's game, that he may give me his personal blessing." His father Isaac said, "And who are you?" "I am your son, your firstborn, Esau." Isaac started to tremble, shaking violently. He said, "Then who hunted game and brought it to me? I finished the meal just now, before you walked in. And I blessed him—he's blessed for good!" Esau, hearing his father's words, sobbed violently and most bitterly, and cried to his father, "My father! Can't you also bless me?" "Your brother," he said, "came here falsely and took your blessing." Esau said, "Not for nothing was he named Jacob, the Heel. Twice now he's tricked me: first he took my birthright and now he's taken my blessing." He begged, "Haven't you kept back any blessing for me?" Isaac answered Esau, "I've made him your master, and all his brothers his servants, and lavished grain and wine on him. I've given it all away. What's left for you, my son?" "But don't you have just one blessing for me, Father? Oh, bless me my father! Bless me!" Esau sobbed inconsolably. Isaac said to him, You'll live far from Earth's bounty, remote from Heaven's dew. You'll live by your sword, hand-to-mouth, and you'll serve your brother. But when you can't take it any more you'll break loose and run free. Esau seethed in anger against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him; he brooded, "The time for mourning my father's death is close. And then I'll kill my brother Jacob." When these words of her older son Esau were reported to Rebekah, she called her younger son Jacob and said, "Your brother Esau is plotting vengeance against you. He's going to kill you. Son, listen to me. Get out of here. Run for your life to Haran, to my brother Laban. Live with him for a while until your brother cools down, until his anger subsides and he forgets what you did to him. I'll then send for you and bring you back. Why should I lose both of you the same day?" Rebekah spoke to Isaac, "I'm sick to death of these Hittite women. If Jacob also marries a native Hittite woman, why live?"
So Jacob moved close to his father Isaac. Isaac felt him and said, "The voice is Jacob's voice but the hands are the hands of Esau." He didn't recognize him because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau's. But as he was about to bless him he pressed him, "You're sure? You are my son Esau?" "Yes. I am." Isaac said, "Bring the food so I can eat of my son's game and give you my personal blessing." Jacob brought it to him and he ate. He also brought him wine and he drank. Then Isaac said, "Come close, son, and kiss me." He came close and kissed him and Isaac smelled the smell of his clothes. Finally, he blessed him, Ahhh. The smell of my son is like the smell of the open country blessed by God . May God give you of Heaven's dew and Earth's bounty of grain and wine. May peoples serve you and nations honor you. You will master your brothers, and your mother's sons will honor you. Those who curse you will be cursed, those who bless you will be blessed. And then right after Isaac had blessed Jacob and Jacob had left, Esau showed up from the hunt. He also had prepared a hearty meal. He came to his father and said, "Let my father get up and eat of his son's game, that he may give me his personal blessing." His father Isaac said, "And who are you?" "I am your son, your firstborn, Esau." Isaac started to tremble, shaking violently. He said, "Then who hunted game and brought it to me? I finished the meal just now, before you walked in. And I blessed him—he's blessed for good!" Esau, hearing his father's words, sobbed violently and most bitterly, and cried to his father, "My father! Can't you also bless me?" "Your brother," he said, "came here falsely and took your blessing." Esau said, "Not for nothing was he named Jacob, the Heel. Twice now he's tricked me: first he took my birthright and now he's taken my blessing." He begged, "Haven't you kept back any blessing for me?" Isaac answered Esau, "I've made him your master, and all his brothers his servants, and lavished grain and wine on him. I've given it all away. What's left for you, my son?" "But don't you have just one blessing for me, Father? Oh, bless me my father! Bless me!" Esau sobbed inconsolably. Isaac said to him, You'll live far from Earth's bounty, remote from Heaven's dew. You'll live by your sword, hand-to-mouth, and you'll serve your brother. But when you can't take it any more you'll break loose and run free. Esau seethed in anger against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him; he brooded, "The time for mourning my father's death is close. And then I'll kill my brother Jacob." When these words of her older son Esau were reported to Rebekah, she called her younger son Jacob and said, "Your brother Esau is plotting vengeance against you. He's going to kill you. Son, listen to me. Get out of here. Run for your life to Haran, to my brother Laban. Live with him for a while until your brother cools down, until his anger subsides and he forgets what you did to him. I'll then send for you and bring you back. Why should I lose both of you the same day?" Rebekah spoke to Isaac, "I'm sick to death of these Hittite women. If Jacob also marries a native Hittite woman, why live?"
Genesis 27:25
Isaac said, "Bring the food so I can eat of my son's game and give you my personal blessing." Jacob brought it to him and he ate. He also brought him wine and he drank.
Isaac said, "Bring the food so I can eat of my son's game and give you my personal blessing." Jacob brought it to him and he ate. He also brought him wine and he drank.
Genesis 27:27
He came close and kissed him and Isaac smelled the smell of his clothes. Finally, he blessed him, Ahhh. The smell of my son is like the smell of the open country blessed by God . May God give you of Heaven's dew and Earth's bounty of grain and wine. May peoples serve you and nations honor you. You will master your brothers, and your mother's sons will honor you. Those who curse you will be cursed, those who bless you will be blessed.
He came close and kissed him and Isaac smelled the smell of his clothes. Finally, he blessed him, Ahhh. The smell of my son is like the smell of the open country blessed by God . May God give you of Heaven's dew and Earth's bounty of grain and wine. May peoples serve you and nations honor you. You will master your brothers, and your mother's sons will honor you. Those who curse you will be cursed, those who bless you will be blessed.
Genesis 28:3
"And may The Strong God bless you and give you many, many children, a congregation of peoples; and pass on the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants so that you will get this land in which you live, this land God gave Abraham."
"And may The Strong God bless you and give you many, many children, a congregation of peoples; and pass on the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants so that you will get this land in which you live, this land God gave Abraham."
Genesis 48:9
Joseph told his father, "They are my sons whom God gave to me in this place." "Bring them to me," he said, "so I can bless them." Israel's eyesight was poor from old age; he was nearly blind. So Joseph brought them up close. Old Israel kissed and embraced them and then said to Joseph, "I never expected to see your face again, and now God has let me see your children as well!"
Joseph told his father, "They are my sons whom God gave to me in this place." "Bring them to me," he said, "so I can bless them." Israel's eyesight was poor from old age; he was nearly blind. So Joseph brought them up close. Old Israel kissed and embraced them and then said to Joseph, "I never expected to see your face again, and now God has let me see your children as well!"
Genesis 49:28
All these are the tribes of Israel, the twelve tribes. And this is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each one with his own special farewell blessing.
All these are the tribes of Israel, the twelve tribes. And this is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each one with his own special farewell blessing.
Joshua 14:13
Joshua blessed him. He gave Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh as an inheritance. Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite still today, because he gave himself totally to God , the God of Israel.
Joshua blessed him. He gave Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh as an inheritance. Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite still today, because he gave himself totally to God , the God of Israel.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And if it [be] a female,.... That is, of the same age, full twenty years of age, and not more than sixty:
then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels; about three pounds ten shillings of our money, the price of a servant, Exodus 21:32; the reason of this difference of estimation between a man and a woman is, because the woman is the weaker vessel, and her labour and service of less importance and worth, such as spinning, washing, &c.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The relative values of the persons appear to be regulated according to an estimate of the probable value of their future work:
| Ages | Male | Female |
| From a month to five years of age | 5 shekels | 3 shekels |
| From five years to twenty of age | 20 shekels | 10 shekels |
| From forty years to sixty of age | 50 shekels | 30 shekels |
| Sixty years of age and older: | 15 shekels | 10 shekels |
As regards the shekel of the sanctuary, see Exodus 38:24 note.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Leviticus 27:4. 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.
