2,964. Committing One's Valuation Twice

Hilchos Arachin Vacharamin 3:10

If someone commits to a valuation without any further clarification, he is not considered to have committed three shekel. Rather, he is judged based upon his financial means, the same as with other valuations.

Hilchos Arachin Vacharamin 3:11

Let’s say that someone says, "I commit my valuation" and then he repeats, "I commit my valuation." If he has only ten sela and he pays nine of them towards the second valuation and one for the first, he has fulfilled both obligations. This is because valuations are not like debts; even though there’s a lien on everything he has for first valuation, once the Temple has collected, it has collected. However, if he paid nine sela towards the first valuation and one for the second, he has only fulfilled his obligation in the second valuation, not in the first. There’s a lien on everything that he has for the first valuation, but he paid nine sela and kept one with the result that didn’t pay everything he had. Accordingly, the balance of the first valuation remains an obligation until he gets richer and pays it.