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Leviticus 27:31

And if a man will at all redeem aught of his tithes, he shall add there to the fifth part thereof, as a penalty or compensation.

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    VII. CONCERNING VOWS The Claims of Jehovah Realized CHAPTER 27 _ 1. The singular vow (Leviticus 27:1)_ 2. The sacrifice (Leviticus 27:9) 3. Concerning the house (Leviticus 27:14)

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    30- 33. TITHES (_cf._ Deuteronomy 14:22 ff; Deuteronomy 26:12 ff., Numbers 21-32*). The tithe offered in kind may be commuted for its value (estimated presumably by the priest) plus 20 per cent. (_cf....

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Laws concerning tithes_ A distinction is here made between the tithe on the yield of the land or of fruit trees, and that on animals. The former according to this passage may be redeemed on payment...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    D. EXCLUSIONS FROM THE VOWS 27:26-34 1. FIRSTLINGS AMONG BEASTS 27:26, 27 2. DEVOTED THINGS 27:28, 29 3. THE TITHE 27:30-33 TEXT 27:26-34 26 Only the firstling among beasts, which is made a firstlin...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    VOWS AND TITHES AND THEIR REDEMPTION 1-29. Law of vows and their redemption. The making of vows is a very ancient and universal practice connected with prayer. In order to secure his desire the suppl...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LEVITICUS *WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS LEVITICUS _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND IF A MAN WILL AT ALL REDEEM. — Better _And if a man wishes to redeem._ (See Leviticus 27:13; Leviticus 27:19) Though a man may not vow tithes, being already the Lord’s, yet if he wishes he may red...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ אִם ־גָּאֹ֥ל יִגְאַ֛ל אִ֖ישׁ מִ מַּֽעַשְׂר

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CONCERNING VOWS Leviticus 27:1 As already remarked, the book of Leviticus certainly seems, at first sight, to be properly completed with the previous chapter; and hence it has been not unnaturally su...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    EXCLUSIONS FROM THE VOW Leviticus 27:26 "Only the firstling among beasts, which is made a firstling to the Lord, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox or sheep, it is the Lord's. And if it be of...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In this final page of the Book of Leviticus we have something superadded to actual laws and yet of very vital importance. It is concerned with vows. A vow is a promise made to God voluntarily and not...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And if a man will at all redeem [ought] of his tithes, he shall add thereto the (p) fifth [part] thereof. (p) Besides the value of the thing itself....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Of them. When the distance from Jerusalem was great, so that a person judged it more convenient to sell his tithes, and with the money purchase more for a feast in Jerusalem, (which the Rabbins call...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The same observations meet us here respecting the dedication of beasts and cattle. There is to be nothing blemished offered to the LORD. Malachi 1:13....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    We have seen the various forms of the work of Christ, of His offering of Himself to God, whether in all the perfectness of His life, or in His death as the means of our acceptance. We have seen furthe...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The last chapter (27) treats of the rights and the appointments of God in all that relates to things which are devoted to Him through the medium of priesthood. This necessarily finds its place in that...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND IF A MAN, WILL REDEEM [OUGHT] OF HIS TITHES,.... Of his own, and not his neighbour's, as Jarchi observes; for if he redeemed the tithes of his neighbour, but did not add a fifth part, which he was...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 He that maketh a singular vow must bee the Lords. 2 The estimation of the person. 9 Of a beast giuen by vow. 14 Of a house. 16 Of a field and the redemption thereof. 28 No deuoted thing may be...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PERSONAL VOW (VV. 1-8) This was not a matter of a law requiring anything, but of a voluntary vow made to God. Though it was not required, yet when the vow was made, then it was absolutely required...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    26-33 Things or persons devoted, are distinguished from things or persons that were only sanctified. Devoted things were most holy to the Lord, and could neither be taken back nor applied to other pu...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    This closing section of our book treats of the "singular vow," or the voluntary act whereby a person devoted himself or his property unto the Lord. "And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto t...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Leviticus 27:31 man H376 all H1350 (H8800) redeem H1350 (H8799) tithes H4643 add H3254 (H8686) one-fifth...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE LAW CONCERNING TITHES (LEVITICUS 27:30). Leviticus 27:30 “And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is Yahweh's. It is holy to Yahweh.” That pa...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    REDEEM Hebrew, "goel," Redemption (Kinsman type). (_ See Scofield) - (Isaiah 59:20). _...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Laws concerning dedicated persons and things. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: We should be cautious in making vows and constant in keeping those we have made. What is once devoted to t...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Leviticus 27:2. A _singular vow._ When a man shall vow a vow; or as others contend, when a man shall vow to give the price of his life or labour to the Lord. The family of Aaron being appointed priest...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _All the tithes of the land. .. is the Lord’s._ THE HISTORY OF TITHES I. The scripture records concerning the law of tithes. 1. Antecedent to the Mosaic legislation. The principle of dedicating a te...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 27:1 Vows and Dedication. This final chapter describes means of redemption relating to vows made to the Lord. The ma­terial appears to be an appendix to the book because it...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 27:30__ The TITHE is already the Lord’s. This law allows the rules for ordinary vows to govern the tithes as well (see vv. Levi

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    Dotibe Offerings of the Lord SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 27:2.—Shall make a singular vow. The Rabbins interpreted the phrase as meaning to “pronounce a vow,” and the Chaldee version renders the wor...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    APPENDIX. EXPOSITION The final chapter, attached to the book after the concluding exhortation, is a short treatise on persons (Leviticus 27:2), animals (Leviticus 27:9-3), houses (Le

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, say unto them, When a man makes a singular vow, the persons shall be for the Lord by thy estimation (Leviticus 27:1-2). Now if y...

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