CHAPTER XXVII _Laws concerning_ vows, 1, 2. _Of males and females from twenty to sixty years of age, and_ _their valuation_, 3, 4. _Of the same from five to twenty years_, 5. _Of the same from a_ month _to five years of age_, 6. _Of males and females from sixty years old and upwards, and_ _th... [ Continue Reading ]
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 souls unto_ _the Lord_; which may be paraphrased thus: He who shall have vowed or consecrated a soul, i.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 27:3. _FROM TWENTY YEARS OLD EVEN UNTO SIXTY-FIFTY SHEKELS_] A man from _twenty_ to _sixty_ years of age, if consecrated to the Lord by a vow, might be redeemed for _fifty shekels_, which, at 3_s_. each, amounted to 7_£_. 10_s_. sterling.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 27:4. _AND IF IT_ BE _A FEMALE_] The _woman_, at the same age, vowed unto the Lord, might be redeemed for _thirty shekels_, 4_£_. 10_s_. sterling, a little more than one half of the value of the man; for this obvious reason, that a _woman_, if employed, could not be of so much use in... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 27:5. _FROM FIVE YEARS OLD_] The _boy_ that was vowed might be redeemed for _twenty_ shekels, 3_£_. sterling; the _girl_, for _ten_ shekels, just one half, 1_£_. 10_s_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 27:6. _A MONTH OLD_] The _male child, five_ shekels, 15_s_., the _female, three_ shekels, 9_s_. Being both in comparative infancy, they were nearly of an equal value. None were vowed under a _month_ old: the first-born being always considered as the Lord's property, could not be vowe... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 27:7. _SIXTY YEARS OLD_] The _old man_ and the _old woman_, being nearly past labour, were nearly of an _equal value_; hence the one was estimated at _fifteen_ shekels, 2_£_. 5_s_., the other at _ten_ shekels, 1_£_. 10_s_. This was about the same ratio as that of the children, Leviti... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 27:10. _HE SHALL NOT ALTER IT, NOR CHANGE IT, A GOOD FOR A_ _BAD, C._] Whatever was consecrated to God by a _vow_, or purpose of heart, was considered from that moment as the Lord's property to _change_ which was _impiety_; to _withhold_ it, _sacrilege_. Reader, hast thou ever dedic... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 27:11. _ANY UNCLEAN BEAST_] Leviticus 27:2, Leviticus 27:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 27:13. _SHALL ADD A FIFTH_ PART] This was probably intended to prevent _rash_ vows and covetous redemptions. The priest alone was to value the thing; and to whatever his valuation was, a _fifth part_ must be added by him who wished to redeem the consecrated thing. Thus, if the priest... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 27:14. _SHALL SANCTIFY HIS HOUSE_] The yearly rent of which, when thus consecrated, went towards the repairs of the tabernacle, which was the house of the Lord.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 27:16. SOME PART _OF A FIELD_] Though the preceding words are not in the text, yet it is generally allowed they should be supplied here, as it was not lawful for a man to vow his _whole_ _estate_, and thus make his family beggars, in order to enrich the Lord's sanctuary: this God wo... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 27:21. _AS A FIELD DEVOTED_] It is חרם _cherem_, a thing _so_ _devoted to God_ as never more to be capable of being redeemed. Leviticus 27:29.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 27:25. _SHEKEL OF THE SANCTUARY_] A standard shekel; the standard being kept in the sanctuary to try and regulate all the weights in the land by. See Genesis 20:16; Genesis 23:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 27:28. _NO DEVOTED THING - SHALL BE SOLD OR REDEEMED_] This is the חרם _cherem_, which always meant an absolute unredeemable grant to God.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 27:29. _WHICH SHALL BE DEVOTED OF MEN_] Every man who is devoted shall surely be put to death; or, as some understand it, be the Lord's property, or be employed in his service, till death. The law mentioned in these two verses has been appealed to by the enemies of Divine revelation... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 27:30. _ALL THE TITHE OF THE LAND_] This God claims as his own; and it is spoken of here as being a point perfectly settled, and concerning which there was neither doubt nor difficulty. _See my view of this subject "_Genesis 28:22_"_, to which I do not see the necessity of adding any... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 27:32. _WHATSOEVER PASSETH UNDER THE ROD_] The signification of this verse is well given by the rabbins: "When a man was to give the tithe of his sheep or calves to God, he was to shut up the whole flock in one fold, in which there was one narrow door capable of letting out one at a... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 27:34. _THESE_ ARE _THE COMMANDMENTS_] This conclusion is very similar to that at the end of the preceding chapter. I have already supposed that this chapter should have followed the Leviticus 25, and that the Leviticus 26 originally terminated the book. Mr. _Ainsworth_, the whole o... [ Continue Reading ]