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Leviticus 27:3

27:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by thy estimation.
And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

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your valuation of a male from twenty years old even to sixty years old shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

And your estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even to sixty years old, even your estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

27:4 And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.

What does Leviticus 27:3 mean?

Leviticus 27:3 is a verse in the book of Leviticus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עֵרֶךְ (ʻêrek), זָכָר (zâkâr), עֶשְׂרִים (ʻesrîym).

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And
thy
estimationעֵרֶךְʻêrek/eh'rek/H6187a pile, equipment, estimate
shall
be
of
the
maleזָכָרzâkâr/zaw-kawr'/H2145properly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
from
twentyעֶשְׂרִיםʻesrîym/es-reem'/H6242twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
yearsשָׁנֶהshâneh/shaw-neh'/H8141a year (as a revolution of time)
oldבֵּןbên/bane/H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
even
unto
sixtyשִׁשִּׁיםshishshîym/shish-sheem'/H8346sixty
yearsשָׁנֶהshâneh/shaw-neh'/H8141a year (as a revolution of time)
old,בֵּןbên/bane/H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
even
thy
estimationעֵרֶךְʻêrek/eh'rek/H6187a pile, equipment, estimate
shall
be
fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym/kham-ish-sheem'/H2572fifty
shekelsשֶׁקֶלsheqel/sheh'-kel/H8255probably a weight; used as a commercial standard
of
silver,כֶּסֶףkeçeph/keh'-sef/H3701silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
after
the
shekelשֶׁקֶלsheqel/sheh'-kel/H8255probably a weight; used as a commercial standard
of
the
sanctuary.קֹדֶשׁqôdesh/ko'-desh/H6944a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity

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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.

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And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. an: or, the land of an homer, etc

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Exodus 38:26

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And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.

Genesis 31:41

Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

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And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

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And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.

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What does Leviticus 27:3 say?

Leviticus 27:3 (King James Version) reads: "And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary."

Is Leviticus 27:3 in the Old or New Testament?

Leviticus 27:3 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Leviticus.

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