Leviticus 27 is the closing chapter of the book, and it explains how a person could dedicate something to the LORD by vow and how that thing could be valued, redeemed or permanently set apart. These questions are for a small group, a Sunday class, or personal study, and each one points you back to specific verses so the group stays in the text.
Leviticus 27 at a Glance
The chapter opens with a sliding scale of values for people dedicated by vow, based on age and sex, with allowance for those who cannot pay the standard amount. It then turns to animals, houses and fields, explaining which gifts could be bought back with an added fifth and which were irrevocably holy. The closing section covers tithes and ends with a summary statement that these are the commandments given at Sinai.
Use the chapter in three movements: persons (verses 1 to 8), property and animals (verses 9 to 27), and the devoted things and tithes (verses 28 to 34). Each set of questions below follows that order, so you can stop after any movement and still have a complete discussion.
Observation Questions
Begin here so the group agrees on what the text says before anyone interprets it. Read the verses aloud slowly, and let people name details before you move to explanation. Observation questions have short, checkable answers drawn straight from the wording.
Leviticus 27:2-3
2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘When a man consecrates a person to the LORD in a vow, according to your valuation, 3 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.
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Read these verses at the start so the group hears the opening vow and the first valuation together. They set the frame for everything that follows in the chapter.
Leviticus 27:8
But if he is poorer than your valuation, then he shall be set before the priest, and the priest shall assign a value to him. The priest shall assign a value according to his ability to pay.
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This verse shows God’s provision for the poor who cannot meet the standard amount. Reading it aloud gives the group a moment to notice the mercy built into the system.
Leviticus 27:28
“‘Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, that a man shall devote to the LORD of all that he has, whether of man or animal, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed. Everything devoted to destruction is most holy to the LORD.
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This verse introduces the category of the devoted thing and its holiness. It is worth slowing down here because the rest of the chapter depends on understanding this distinction.
Leviticus 27:30
“‘All the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the LORD’s. It is holy to the LORD.
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Reading the tithe verse aloud lets the group hear that the tenth already belongs to the LORD. This can open a conversation about what generosity means in daily life.
Leviticus 27:33-34
33 He shall not search whether it is good or bad, neither shall he change it. If he changes it at all, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy. It shall not be redeemed.’” 34 These are the commandments which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel on Mount Sinai.
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These final verses forbid inspecting or swapping the tithe and then close the chapter by placing all of it under the LORD’s command at Sinai. They make a strong ending for the reading.
Memory Verse for Leviticus 27
A Closing Prayer for the Group
Father, we come to you as people who make promises and do not always keep them. Thank you that in Leviticus 27 you made room for those who could not pay the full amount, and that you cared about the poor and the honest mistake. Help us to hold what we have with open hands, remembering that the tenth and the field and the house already belong to you. Give us the courage to give without bargaining and the humility to ask for mercy when we fall short. Teach us to keep our word with the people around us and with you. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
