“And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be.”
The priest will judge its quality as good or bad. Whatever value the priest then sets, that is what it will be. The priest's valuation of the unclean animal is authoritative: whatever the priest sets, that is the value. The priestly authority in the valuation process communicates the covenant's grounding of the vow system in the priestly mediation. The vow is not a private transaction between the individual and God but a covenant act administered by the priestly community. The priest's judgment and the priest's valuation are the divinely authorized means by which the vow is resolved.
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