Leviticus 27:4
New International Version
for a female, set her value at thirty shekels;

New Living Translation
A woman of that age is valued at thirty shekels of silver.

English Standard Version
If the person is a female, the valuation shall be thirty shekels.

Berean Standard Bible
Or if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.

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

New King James Version
If it 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.

NASB 1995
‘Or if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.

NASB 1977
‘Or if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.

Legacy Standard Bible
Or if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.

Amplified Bible
Or if the person is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.

Christian Standard Bible
If the person is a female, your assessment is thirty shekels.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If the person is a female, your assessment is 30 shekels.

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

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
If it is a woman, give 12 ounces.

International Standard Version
If she is a female from 20 to 60 years old, then your valuation is to be 30 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.

Majority Standard Bible
Or if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.

NET Bible
If the person is a female, the conversion value is thirty shekels.

New Heart English Bible
If it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.

Webster's Bible Translation
And if it shall be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.

World English Bible
If she is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And if it [is] a female, then your valuation has been thirty shekels;

Young's Literal Translation
And if it is a female -- then hath thy valuation been thirty shekels;

Smith's Literal Translation
And if it is a female, thy estimation was thirty shekels.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
If a woman, thirty.

Catholic Public Domain Version
if it is a woman, thirty.

New American Bible
and for a female, the value shall be thirty shekels.

New Revised Standard Version
If the person is a female, the equivalent is thirty shekels.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And if it is a female, then her valuation shall be thirty shekels.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And if it is a female, her price shall be thirty shekels.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And if it be a female, then thy valuation shall be thirty shekels.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the valuation of a female shall be thirty didrachms.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Rules about Valuations
3if 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. 4Or if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels. 5And if the person is from five to twenty years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.…

Cross References
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.

Exodus 30:12-16
“When you take a census of the Israelites to number them, each man must pay the LORD a ransom for his life when he is counted. Then no plague will come upon them when they are numbered. / 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. / Everyone twenty years of age or older who crosses over must give this offering to the LORD. ...

Numbers 3:47-48
you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs. / Give the money to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for the excess among the Israelites.”

1 Samuel 1:11
And she made a vow, saying, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever touch his head.”

2 Kings 12:4
Then Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as sacred gifts into the house of the LORD—the census money, the money from vows, and the money brought voluntarily into the house of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 24:9
And a proclamation was issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they were to bring to the LORD the tax imposed by Moses the servant of God on Israel in the wilderness.

Nehemiah 10:32-33
We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God: / for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moons and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the duties of the house of our God.

Ezekiel 45:12-16
The shekel will consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels will equal one mina. / This is the contribution you are to offer: a sixth of an ephah from each homer of wheat, and a sixth of an ephah from each homer of barley. / The prescribed portion of oil, measured by the bath, is a tenth of a bath from each cor (a cor consists of ten baths or one homer, since ten baths are equivalent to a homer). ...

Matthew 17:24-27
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?” / “Yes,” he answered. When Peter entered the house, Jesus preempted him. “What do you think, Simon?” He asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect customs and taxes: from their own sons, or from others?” / “From others,” Peter answered. “Then the sons are exempt,” Jesus said to him. ...

Luke 2:22-24
And when the time of purification according to the Law of Moses was complete, His parents brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord / (as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”), / and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”

Acts 21:23-24
Therefore do what we advise you. There are four men with us who have taken a vow. / Take these men, purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses so they can have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know that there is no truth to these rumors about you, but that you also live in obedience to the law.

Romans 12:1
Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; / you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.

1 Corinthians 7:23
You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.

2 Corinthians 8:12
For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.


Treasury of Scripture

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

thirty shekels.

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…

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.

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; …

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Leviticus 27
1. He who makes a singular vow must be the Lord's
3. The estimation of the person
9. of a beast given by vow
14. of a house
16. of a field, and the redemption thereof
28. No devoted thing may be redeemed
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But if it is a female
This phrase introduces a distinction in the valuation of persons dedicated to the Lord, based on gender. In the ancient Near Eastern context, societal roles and economic contributions often influenced such valuations. The Hebrew word for "female" here is "נְקֵבָה" (neqebah), which emphasizes the gender-specific roles in ancient Israelite society. While modern readers might view this through the lens of equality, it is crucial to understand that this valuation reflects the economic and social structures of the time, not a statement of intrinsic worth or spiritual value. In God's eyes, both male and female are created in His image (Genesis 1:27), and this valuation is more about practical considerations than divine favoritism.

the valuation
The term "valuation" refers to the monetary assessment assigned to a person dedicated to the Lord, as part of a vow. The Hebrew word used is "עֶרְכְּךָ" (erkekha), which implies an estimation or appraisal. This system allowed individuals to fulfill vows through a financial substitute, reflecting the practical aspects of worship and dedication in ancient Israel. It underscores the principle that devotion to God can be expressed in various forms, including financial contributions, which were used to support the tabernacle and its services.

shall be thirty shekels
The "thirty shekels" specified here is the amount set for the valuation of a female. The shekel was a standard unit of weight and currency in ancient Israel, and thirty shekels represented a significant sum, though less than the fifty shekels for a male (as stated in the preceding verse). This difference in valuation is reflective of the economic realities of the time, where men typically had more earning potential due to societal roles. However, it is important to note that this valuation does not imply lesser spiritual value or importance. In the broader biblical narrative, God consistently affirms the equal worth and dignity of all people, regardless of gender. The thirty shekels also remind us of the price of betrayal in the New Testament, as Judas Iscariot received thirty pieces of silver for betraying Jesus (Matthew 26:15), highlighting the theme of redemption and the ultimate sacrifice of Christ, which transcends all human valuations.

(4) And if it be a female . . . thirty shekels.--As the woman is the weaker vessel, and her labour is of less value, if she vows herself or dedicates by a vow any other one of her own sex to the sanctuary, she is to pay thirty shekels, or 3 17s. 6d., provided she is within the above-named limits of age. This was the value of a slave (Exodus 21:32), and is the price at which Christ was sold (Matthew 27:9). It is supposed that under this provision Jephtha might have redeemed his daughter whom he unwittingly vowed to the Lord (Judges 11:30). (See, however, Leviticus 27:29.)



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Or if
וְאִם־ (wə·’im-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

it
הִ֑וא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

is a female,
נְקֵבָ֖ה (nə·qê·ḇāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5347: A female

then your valuation
עֶרְכְּךָ֖ (‘er·kə·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6187: A pile, equipment, estimate

shall be
וְהָיָ֥ה (wə·hā·yāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

thirty
שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים (šə·lō·šîm)
Number - common plural
Strong's 7970: Thirty, thirtieth

shekels.
שָֽׁקֶל׃ (šā·qel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8255: A weight, a commercial standard


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