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If it be from sixty years old and upward; if it be a male, then your estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
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Valuation Based on Work
Commentators explain that the monetary values assigned to people dedicated by a vow were not about their intrinsic worth, but their practical, economic value. Albert Barnes notes this was based on the "probable value of their future work." For those over sixty, this valuation was lower as they were considered to be past their prime years for labor.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The relative values of the persons appear to be regulated according to an estimate of the probable value of their future work:
As regards the…
19th Century
Anglican
From sixty years old and above. —Being almost past labor, the old man is next in value to the child.
A male ... fif…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And if [it is] from sixty years old and above When man is almost past his labour, and it is high time to leave off b…
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