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The Lord told Moses
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to say to the community of Israel: If you ever want to free someone who has been promised to me,
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you may do so by paying the following amounts, weighed according to the official standards:
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If you have promised to give someone to me and can't afford to pay the full amount for that person's release, you will be taken to a priest, and he will decide how much you can afford.
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If you promise to sacrifice an animal to me, it becomes holy, and there is no way you can set it free.
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If you try to substitute any other animal, no matter how good, for the one you promised, they will both become holy and must be sacrificed.
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Donkeys are unfit for sacrifice, so if you promise me a donkey, you must bring it to the priest,
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and let him determine its value.
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But if you want to buy it back, you must pay an additional 20 percent.
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If you promise a house to me, a priest will set the price, whatever the condition of the house.
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But if you decide to buy it back, you must pay an additional 20 percent.
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If you promise part of your family's land to me, its value must be determined by the amount of seed needed to plant the land, and the rate will be ten pieces of silver for every 20 kilograms of seed.
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If this promise is made in the Year of Celebration, the land will be valued at the full price.
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But any time after that, the price will be figured according to the number of years before the next Year of Celebration.
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If you decide to buy back the land, you must pay the price plus an additional 20 percent,
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but you cannot buy it back once someone else has bought it.
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When the Year of Celebration comes, the land becomes holy because it belongs to me, and it will be given to the priests.
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If you promise me a field that you have bought,
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its value will be decided by a priest, according to the number of years before the next Year of Celebration, and the money you pay will be mine.
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However, on the next Year of Celebration, the land will go back to the family of its original owner.
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Every price will be set by the official standards. Lord
Scripture taken from the Contemporary English Version ®. Copyright © 1995 American Bible Society. Used by permission.
