“But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him.”
If anyone making the vow is too poor to pay the specified amount, the person is to be presented before the priest, who will set the value according to what the one making the vow can afford. The poverty provision for the vow valuation: if the person who made the vow cannot afford the prescribed amount, the priest sets a value according to the person's means. The poverty provision communicates the covenant's consistent accommodation of limited resources: the vow is honored, the sanctuary receives something, and the impoverished person's commitment is validated. The priest who assesses the means and sets the affordable value is exercising the pastoral wisdom that the Levitical system requires.
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