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Verse Leviticus 27:2. _WHEN A MAN SHALL MAKE A SINGULAR VOW_] The
verse is short and obscure, and may be translated thus: _A man who
shall_ _have separated a vow, according to thy estimation, of soul...
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Rather, When a man makes a special vow which concerns thy valuation of
persons to Yahweh, if thy estimation shall be of the male, etc. The
expression “thy estimation” is addressed either to Moses or t...
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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)
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COMMUTATION FOR A PERSON. Where an individual vows himself or herself
to Yahweh (_cf._ Judges 11:30 f., 1 Samuel 1:28) the commutation price
will vary in proportion to the valuation of his or her labo...
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CHILDREN. sons.
MAKE. SINGULAR VOW. make. _special_ vow. Hebrew "separate. vow"
because. vow was separated into negative or positive, restraining or
promising, i.e., "binding" or "loosing".
PERSONS....
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_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 mere...
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_The case of persons_...
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WHEN A MAN SHALL MAKE A SINGULAR VOW, &C.— Or, it may be read, _When
any one shall set apart to the Lord a vow, according to such valuation
of persons as thou shalt fix, and thy valuation shall be of...
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APPENDIX: CONCERNING VOWS 27:1-34
A. VOWS OF PERSONS 27:1-8
TEXT 27:1-8
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And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
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Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall
accomplish...
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_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...
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SINGULAR VOW] a special vow devoting himself or any of his family to
God....
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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...
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LEVITICUS
*WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS
LEVITICUS
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
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SHALL MAKE A SINGULAR VOW. — Better, _shall consecrate a vow._ (See
Leviticus 22:21.) According to the interpretation of this phrase which
obtained during the second Temple it denotes _shall pronounce...
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דַּבֵּ֞ר אֶל ־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְ
אָמַרְתָּ֣...
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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...
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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...
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Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall
make a (a) singular vow, the persons [shall be] for the LORD by (b)
thy estimation.
(a) As of his son or daughter.
(b) Who art...
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Estimation. Hebrew is obscure, "Whoever has separated, or made a
singular vow; the souls to the Lord according to thy estimation."
(Calmet) --- Septuagint, "shall vow as it were the price of a soul to...
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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...
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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...
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SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND SAY UNTO THEM,.... This being
an affair which only concerned them; for the Jewish writers say h, by
this phrase, the children of Israel, Gentiles are excluded:...
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_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._] _...
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_Shall make a singular vow_ The Hebrew may be rendered, _Shall
separate_, or _set apart a vow;_ that is, shall, by solemn promise;
separate any thing from a common to a sacred use. For vows were
relig...
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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...
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OF MEN AND BEASTS...
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Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them, When a man shall
make a singular vow, an exceptional, unusual, special promise to the
Lord, which involved the offering of his own body to the Lord...
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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...
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1-13 Zeal for the service of God disposed the Israelites, on some
occasions, to dedicate themselves or their children to the service of
the Lord, in his house for life. Some persons who thus dedicate...
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A SINGULAR VOW, or, _an eminent or hard or wonderful vow_; not
concerning things, which was not strange, but customary; but
concerning persons, as it here follows, which he vowed, or by vow
devoted un...
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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...
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THE PRICE OF REDEMPTION FROM A VOW (LEVITICUS 27:2).
Leviticus 27:2
“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When a man shall
accomplish a vow, the persons shall be for Yahweh by your
esti...
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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...
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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...
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_When a man shall make a singular vow._
LAWS CONCERNING VOWS
I. That voluntary and special vows were permitted by the Lord. Vows
should be made cautiously, deliberately, and, in most instances,
cond...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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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1 Samuel 1:11; 1 Samuel 1:28; Deuteronomy 23:21; Ecclesiastes 5:4;...
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A singular vow — Or, an eminent, or hard vow, not concerning things,
which was customary, but concerning persons, which he devoted to the
Lord, which was unusual and difficult: yet there want not inst...