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H. DIRECTIONS CONCERNING VOWS ch. 27 >
1. Vows concerning persons 27:1-8
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The amount of money that a person had to pay at the end of a vow in which he pledged a person depended on the age and sex of the individual. Some people were worth more in this respect than others.
"These figures are very large. The average wage of a worker in biblical times was about one shekel per month.308It is little wonder that few could afford the valuations set out here (v. 8)."309
