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Leviticus 27:8

New American Bible - revised edition

However, if the one who made the vow is too poor to meet the sum, the person must be set before the priest, who shall determine a value; the priest will do this in keeping with the means of the one who made the vow.

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At twilight they left for the Arameans; but when they reached the edge of the camp, no one was there.

Why should I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me, they swear by gods that are no gods. I fed them, but they commit adultery; to the prostitute’s house they throng.

If, however, she cannot afford a lamb, she may take two turtledoves or two pigeons, the one for a burnt offering and the other for a purification offering. The priest shall make atonement for her, and thus she will again be clean.

For persons of sixty or more, for a male the value shall be fifteen shekels, and ten shekels for a female.

If the offering vowed to the Lord is an animal that may be sacrificed, every such animal given to the Lord becomes sacred.

If the person is unable to afford even two turtledoves or two pigeons, that person shall bring as an offering for the wrong committed one tenth of an ephah of bran flour for a purification offering. The guilty party shall not put oil or place frankincense on it, because it is a purification offering.

If, however, the person cannot afford an animal of the flock, that person shall bring to the Lord as reparation for the wrong committed two turtledoves or two pigeons, one for a purification offering and the other for a burnt offering.

The poor you will always have with you, and whenever you wish you can do good to them, but you will not always have me.

For if the eagerness is there, it is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have;




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