Leviticus 27:1-34. COMMUTATION OF VOWS AND TITHES (P) The phraseology of the Priestly Code is conspicuous throughout, e.g. -male" and -female" (3 7), -oblation" (_Ḳorbân_, 9, 11), -most holy" (lit. holiness of holinesses, 28). Moreover, the law of the Jubile year (Leviticus 27:17 ff.) is assumed to... [ Continue Reading ]
_The case of persons_... [ Continue Reading ]
_accomplish a vow_ rather, as mg., MAKE A SPECIAL (lit. _hard_) VOW. For the definition of a vow, as compared with other classes of offerings, see on Leviticus 7:11. It was the utterance, and not merely the intention, that constituted the binding character of a vow (Deuteronomy 23:22). In this first... [ Continue Reading ]
_the shekel of the sanctuary_ See on Leviticus 5:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
The case of the poor person. Cp. ch. Leviticus 5:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
_The case of cattle_ Such an animal, when presented as a vow, must not be changed, a bad for a good. Otherwise both animals became dedicated. If the animal so presented was -unclean," and as such could not lawfully be offered to God, the priest was to set upon it a value in proportion to its worth,... [ Continue Reading ]
_thou the priest_ or, _thou, O priest_.... [ Continue Reading ]
_thy estimation_ Cp. Leviticus 27:15, etc. The pronoun constitutes a difficulty, as in Leviticus 27:2. There Moses, who seems to be referred to, is himself speaking to the people. Here the reference is apparently to the priest in Leviticus 27:12. In Leviticus 27:23 -thy" cannot have either of these... [ Continue Reading ]
_The case of houses_16 25. _The case of lands_ The vow, as regards its duration, is thus limited to a maximum of 50 years, being determined by the distance of the year of Jubile. When that year arrives, the field shall return to the owner, to be disposed of as he pleases. But even in the meantime,... [ Continue Reading ]
_fifty shekels of silver_ meaning apparently that at the rate of one shekel a year this shall be the maximum amount of redemption payment. The standard in these cases was to be -the shekel of the sanctuary." See Driver, Exodus 30:13 (where the same words are used), for discussion as to the meaning a... [ Continue Reading ]
_thy estimation_ The Heb. representing these two words presents a grammatical anomaly, although parallels are not absolutely wanting in the MT. But see on Leviticus 27:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Classes which may not be vowed_ Firstlings are already the Lord's (Exodus 13:2). If the firstling is, that of an animal which is reckoned among the -unclean" (according to the rule laid down, ch. Leviticus 11:3), it is to be valued and redeemed at 1 1/5 of its valuation. Driver, Exodus 13:13 (J),... [ Continue Reading ]
_no devoted thing_ The word lit. means set apart, separated (Arab. _harama_, whence harem, the occupants of the women's portion of a Mohammedan house, or the apartments themselves). See on Exodus 22:20 for examples of its application, and for the superiority of R.V. over A.V. in the English renderin... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 of 1 1/5th of the estimation. In Numbers 18:21-24 there is no such permission given. See McNeile (_C... [ Continue Reading ]
_under the rod_ the -staff" carried by shepherds (Psalms 23:4; Micah 7:14; Zechariah 11:7), and used (Tal. Bab., _Bechoroth_, fol. 58 _b_) for counting the flock when they were entering or leaving their fold. For the phrase, and for the reference by classical writers to similar customs, see Davidson... [ Continue Reading ]
Cp. Leviticus 27:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
See introd. note to this ch.... [ Continue Reading ]