Leviticus 27:1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Ver. 1. _And the Lord spake._] This is oft premised and prefaced for authority's sake, and that we may learn to resolve all divine doctrines into _Deus dixit._... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Ver. 1. _And the Lord spake._] This is oft premised and prefaced for authority's sake, and that we may learn to resolve all divine doctrines into _Deus dixit._... [ 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._ Ver. 2. _When a man shall make a singular vow._] _Votum eximium,_ as Vatablus renders it, a personal, particular, voluntary vow; which, drawn by some... [ Continue Reading ]
And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary. Ver. 3. _Fifty shekels of silver._] This was the greatest rate, because people are then in their prime; and yet no very g... [ Continue Reading ]
And if it [be] a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels. Ver. 4. _And if it be a female._] She is set at a lower valuation then the male, because less able for any laborious or rational employment.... [ Continue Reading ]
And if [it be] from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels. Ver. 5. _From five years old._] Childhood and youth is vanity. There is a bundle of folly in a child's heart. Pro 22:15 The same Greek word νηπιος,... [ Continue Reading ]
And if [it be] from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation [shall be] three shekels of silver. Ver. 6. _From a month old._] If his parents have made a vow concerning him.... [ Continue Reading ]
And if [it be] from sixty years old and above; if [it be] a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels. Ver. 7. _And if it be from sixty years._] The rate of old age is less than of youth, and more than of childhood.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 8. _But if he be poorer._] Indulged he shall be, but not exempted. Vows, in things lawful and possible, must... [ 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. Ver. 9. _Giveth,_] i.e., Consecrateth unto God by his vow; and so, giveth him of his own. 1Ch 29:14... [ Continue Reading ]
He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy. Ver. 10. _Then it and the exchange thereof._] For a punishment of his instability and lightness.... [ Continue Reading ]
And if [it be] any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice unto the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the priest: Ver. 11. _Any unclean beast._] Unless the dog were excepted. Deu 23:18 _See Trapp on "_ Deu 23:18 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, [who art] the priest, so shall it be. Ver. 12. _So shall it be._] What the priest doeth, God ratifieth.... [ Continue Reading ]
But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth [part] thereof unto thy estimation. Ver. 13. _Then he shall add._] The owner, if he repent of his vow, shall pay for his levity. See Ecclesiastes 5:2; Ecclesiastes 5:4,5 .... [ 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. Ver. 14. _Sanctify his house._] Consecrate it, or any thing in it, by vow to the Lord. Leviticus 27:15; Lev 27:13... [ Continue Reading ]
And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more. Ver. 20. _Or if he have sold the field._] And so, sacrilegiously robbed God.... [ Continue Reading ]
And if [a man] sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought, which [is] not of the fields of his possession; Ver. 22. _Of his possession,_] _i.e., _ Not his patrimony, but his purchase.... [ 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. Ver. 26. _No man shall sanctify._] Because they were due unto the Lord before.... [ 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. Ver. 28. _Notwithstanding no devoted._] Hitherto of things consecrat... [ Continue Reading ]
None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; [but] shall surely be put to death. Ver. 29. _None devoted,_] _sc., _ To destruction: as were the Amalekites; 1Sa 15:3 Canaanites; Num 21:2 Jerichuntines. Jos 6:17... [ 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. Ver. 30. _And all the tithe._] See here in this chapter what a liberal maintenance God allowed the priests: (1.) Various votive oblations, or their redemptio... [ Continue Reading ]
_And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, [even] of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD._ Ver. 32. _Passeth under the rod._] Coloured at the end with red, to mark out the tenth, as they passed out. See Jeremiah 33:13 .... [ Continue Reading ]