The valuation tables here aren't about a person's actual worth - a child, an elderly woman, and a man in his prime are all still worth being redeemed. They're practical exchange rates for converting a rash or well-intentioned vow into something payable, with an explicit provision for anyone too poor to meet the standard rate (v.8): the priest simply reassesses "according to his ability to pay."
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The valuation tables here aren't about a person's actual worth - a child, an elderly woman, and a man in his prime are all still worth being redeemed. They're practical exchange rates for converting a rash or well-intentioned vow into something payable, with an explicit provision for anyone too poor to meet the standard rate (v.8): the priest simply reassesses "according to his ability to pay."