For a female, set her value at thirty shekels. The female valuation at the same age range: thirty shekels — sixty percent of the male valuation. The gender differential in the valuation reflects the wage differential in ancient Near Eastern society: the valuation is economic, based on the labor value the person represents, not on the person's inherent worth. The valuation table is a legal convention for vow redemption, not a theological statement about the relative value of men and women before God.

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