Leviticus 27:1
SPAKE. See note on Leviticus 5:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
SPAKE. See note on Leviticus 5:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. souls. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
IT. that soul. Compare note on Leviticus 27:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, read "one". OFFERING. Hebrew Korban. App-43.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALTER. Hebrew. _malaph,_ to change for the better. Compare Psalms 55:19. CHANGE. Hebrew. _mur,_ to change for the worse: note the _Introversion._. | alter (bad for good).. | change (good for bad). _h_. good for bad. _g_. bad for good.... [ Continue Reading ]
OFFER. bring near. Hebrew. _karab._ App-43. SACRIFICE. Hebrew. _korban._ PRESENT. make it stand, as in Leviticus 27:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS THOU, &C.. as thou,. priest, valuest it so, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
AT ALL REDEEM IT. Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ (App-6). Hebrew "redeeming he will redeem it". Well translated by "at all". See note on Genesis 26:28. Hebrew. _ga'al._ See note on Exodus 6:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
SANCTIFY. set apart. Hebrew. _kadash._ See note on "holy", Exodus 3:5. HIS: i.e. his own house, and what was therein.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOMER. Hebrew. _homer,_ as in Numbers 11:32.Isaiah 5:10; Ezekiel 45:11; Ezekiel 45:13; Ezekiel 45:14.Hosea 3:2. To be distinguished from _'omer,_ in Exodus 16:16; Exodus 16:18; Exodus 16:22;... [ Continue Reading ]
IF. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "And if".... [ Continue Reading ]
DEVOTED. Hebrew. _haram,_ denotes. total and complete separation, which does not admit of redemption. First occurance of _haram._ It is rendered "devoted" only in this chapter (six times) and once in Numbers 18:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
ESTIMATION. valuation.... [ Continue Reading ]
ONLY. nevertheless. Rendered in Leviticus 27:28, "notwithstanding".... [ Continue Reading ]
NOTWITHSTANDING. See note on Leviticus 27:26. IS. it [is].... [ Continue Reading ]
OR. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, have this "or" in the text.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
PASSETH UNDER THE ROD. The custom of counting was for the animals to pass through. small opening, and to be counted with the rod as they passed. Every tenth one was to be taken and marked; and not to be chosen (Leviticus 27:33). This custom is referred to in Ezekiel 20:37, i.e. once more claimed and... [ Continue Reading ]
IN MOUNT SINAI. Compare note on Leviticus 1:1.... [ Continue Reading ]