WEDNESDAY PRAYER: HOCHMA-MITZVA 523

READING: SUNSET TUESDAY

MITZVA 523 That one who vows to the L-rd the monetary value of a person shall pay the amount appointed in the Scriptural portion (Lev. 27:2-8) (affirmative).

Leviticus Chapter 27 וַיִּקְרָא

ב  דַּבֵּר אֶל-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם, אִישׁ, כִּי יַפְלִא נֶדֶר–בְּעֶרְכְּךָ נְפָשֹׁת, לַיהוָה.

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: When a man shall clearly utter a vow of persons unto the LORD, according to thy valuation,

ג  וְהָיָה עֶרְכְּךָ, הַזָּכָר, מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה, וְעַד בֶּן-שִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה:  וְהָיָה עֶרְכְּךָ, חֲמִשִּׁים שֶׁקֶל כֶּסֶף–בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ.

3 then thy valuation shall be for the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

ד  וְאִם-נְקֵבָה, הִוא–וְהָיָה עֶרְכְּךָ, שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁקֶל.

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

ה  וְאִם מִבֶּן-חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים, וְעַד בֶּן-עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה–וְהָיָה עֶרְכְּךָ הַזָּכָר, עֶשְׂרִים שְׁקָלִים; וְלַנְּקֵבָה, עֲשֶׂרֶת שְׁקָלִים.

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

ו  וְאִם מִבֶּן-חֹדֶשׁ, וְעַד בֶּן-חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים–וְהָיָה עֶרְכְּךָ הַזָּכָר, חֲמִשָּׁה שְׁקָלִים כָּסֶף; וְלַנְּקֵבָה עֶרְכְּךָ, שְׁלֹשֶׁת שְׁקָלִים כָּסֶף.

6 And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy valuation shall be for the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy valuation shall be three shekels of silver.

ז  וְאִם מִבֶּן-שִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה, אִם-זָכָר–וְהָיָה עֶרְכְּךָ, חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר שָׁקֶל; וְלַנְּקֵבָה, עֲשָׂרָה שְׁקָלִים.

7 And if it be from sixty years old and upward: if it be a male, then thy valuation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

ח  וְאִם-מָךְ הוּא, מֵעֶרְכֶּךָ–וְהֶעֱמִידוֹ לִפְנֵי הַכֹּהֵן, וְהֶעֱרִיךְ אֹתוֹ הַכֹּהֵן:  עַל-פִּי, אֲשֶׁר תַּשִּׂיג יַד הַנֹּדֵר–יַעֲרִיכֶנּוּ, הַכֹּהֵן.  {ס}

8 But if he be too poor for thy valuation, then he shall be set before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to the means of him that vowed shall the priest value him. {S}

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