Leviticus 27:1
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND SAY UNTO THEM, WHEN A MAN SHALL MAKE A SINGULAR VOW, THE PERSONS SHALL BE FOR THE LORD BY THY ESTIMATION._ When a man shall make ... Persons have at all times and in all places been accustomed to present votive offerings, either from gratitude for benefits re... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IF IT BE A BEAST, WHEREOF MEN BRING AN OFFERING UNTO THE LORD, ALL THAT ANY MAN GIVETH OF SUCH UNTO THE LORD SHALL BE HOLY._ If it be a beast - a clean beast; after it had been vowed, it could neither be employed in common purposes nor exchanged for an equivalent-it must be sacrificed; or if,... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN A MAN SHALL SANCTIFY HIS HOUSE TO BE HOLY UNTO THE LORD, THEN THE PRIEST SHALL ESTIMATE IT, WHETHER IT BE GOOD OR BAD: AS THE PRIEST SHALL ESTIMATE IT, SO SHALL IT STAND._ When a man ... In this case, the house having been valued by the priest and sold, the proceeds of the sale were to be... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IF A MAN SHALL SANCTIFY UNTO THE LORD SOME PART OF A FIELD OF HIS POSSESSION, THEN THY ESTIMATION SHALL BE ACCORDING TO THE SEED THEREOF: AN HOMER OF BARLEY SEED SHALL BE VALUED AT FIFTY SHEKELS OF SILVER._ If a man ... In the case of acquired property in land, if not redeemed, it returned to... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ALL THY ESTIMATIONS SHALL BE ACCORDING TO THE SHEKEL OF THE SANCTUARY: TWENTY GERAHS SHALL BE THE SHEKEL._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_ONLY THE FIRSTLING OF THE BEASTS, WHICH SHOULD BE THE LORD'S FIRSTLING, NO MAN SHALL SANCTIFY IT; WHETHER IT BE OX, OR SHEEP: IT IS THE LORD'S._ Only the firstling. These, in the case of clean beasts, being consecrated to God by a universal and standing law (Exodus 13:12; Exodus 34:19), could not... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOTWITHSTANDING NO DEVOTED THING, THAT A MAN SHALL DEVOTE UNTO THE LORD OF ALL THAT HE HATH, BOTH OF MAN AND BEAST, AND OF THE FIELD OF HIS POSSESSION, SHALL BE SOLD OR REDEEMED: EVERY DEVOTED THING IS MOST HOLY UNTO THE LORD._ No devoted thing ... shall be sold or redeemed. This relates to vows o... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ALL THE TITHE OF THE LAND, WHETHER OF THE SEED OF THE LAND, OR OF THE FRUIT OF THE TREE, IS THE LORD'S: IT IS HOLY UNTO THE LORD._ All the tithe of the land. This law gave the sanction of divine authority to an ancient usage (Genesis 14:20; Genesis 28:22). The whole produce of the land was sub... [ Continue Reading ]
_THESE ARE THE COMMANDMENTS, WHICH THE LORD COMMANDED MOSES FOR THE CHILDREN_ These are the commandments ... The laws contained in this book, for the most part ceremonial, had an important spiritual bearing, the study of which is highly instructive (Romans 10:4; Hebrews 4:2; Hebrews 12:18). They im... [ Continue Reading ]